Ethical Issues in SuicidePrentice-Hall, 1995 - 240 sider This book provides a broad, systematic, and comprehensive exploration of both historical and contemporary argumentation concerning suicide. It probes the underlying ethical, religious and philosophical issues about self-caused death, and shows how they are crucial in the current debate. |
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INTRODUCTION SUICIDETHE CURRENT VIEW | 1 |
PREDICTION AND PREVENTION | 12 |
THE SUICIDE TABOO | 19 |
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