Suicide and the the right to die / edited by Jacques Pohier and Dietmar Mieth; English language editor Marcus Lefebure. - Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark, 1985. - xiii, 108 p.; 22 cm. - Concilium (Glen Rock, N.J.); v.179 .

Includes bibliographies

Contents: pt. 1 New aspects of various problems about death New and old factors in suicide/ Patrick Baudry The sociological approach to suicide, from Durkheim to the present day/ Patrick Baudry The psychology of suicide/ Heinz Henseler The Right to another's death: Respecting life and causing death in the medical context/ Lisa Sowle Cahill The Right to one's own death: Ethical arguments in favour of suicide/ Annemarie Pieper Associations for the right to die in dignity/ Paula Caucanas-Pisier pt. 2 Theological reflection The church's traditional moral teaching on suicide/ Niceto Blazquez The funeral rights for a suicide and liturgical developments/ David Power 'Life no longer has any meaning for me' Jean-Pierre Jossua A right to a freely chosen death: some theological considerations/ Adrian Holderegger Have Christians the right to kill themselves: from self-murder to self-killing/ Harry Kuitert

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Suicide--Moral and ethical aspects
Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects
Suicide--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Euthanasia--Religious aspects--Catholic church

HV 6545 / .S85 179.7 / Su37 1985