Physician Assisted Suicide is a cross-disciplinary collection of essays from philosophers, physicians, theologians, social scientists, lawyers and economists. As the first book to consider the implications of the Supreme Court decisions in Washington v. Glucksburg and Vacco v. Quill concerning physician-assisted suicide from a variety of perspectives, this collection advances informed, reflective, vigorous public debate.

Introduction, Margaret P. Battin, Rosamond Rhodes, Anita Silvers; Part One Conceptual Issues; Chapter 1 Meanings of Death, Patricia S. Mann; Chapter 2 Physician-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Intending Death, Frances M. Kamm; Chapter 3 Physician-Assisted Suicide, Margaret P. Battin; Part Two Considering Those at Risk; Chapter 4 Assisted Suicide, Leslie Pickering Francis; Chapter 5 Lessons for Physician-Assited Suicide from the African-American Experience, Patricia A. King, Leslie E. Wolf; Chapter 6 Why Suicide Is Like Contraception, Dena S. Davis; Chapter 7 Disability and Life-Ending Decisions, Jerome E. Bickenbach; Chapter 8 Protecting the Innocents from Physician-Assisted Suicide, Anita Silvers; Chapter 9 Assisted Suicide, Terminal Illness, Severe Disability, and the Double Standard, Felicia Ackerman; Part Three Considering the Practice of Medicine; Chapter 10 Physicians, Assisted Suicide, and the Right To Live or Die, Rosamond Rhodes; Chapter 11 Physician, Stay Thy Hand!, Bernard Baumrin; Chapter 12 An Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide, Bernard Gert, Charles M. Culver, K. Danner Clouser; Chapter 13 Not in the House, Michael Teitelman; Part Four Considering the Impact of Legalization; Chapter 14 Physician-Assisted Suicide, Lance K. Stell; Chapter 15 From Intention to Consent, Helga Kuhse; Chapter 16 The Weakness of the Case for Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide, Don Marquis; Chapter 17 Physician-Assisted Suicide, John D. Arras; Chapter 18 The Supreme Court and Terminal Sedation, David Orentlicher; Chapter 19 Would Physician-Assisted Suicide Save the Healthcare System Money?; Part Five Considering Religious Perspectives; Chapter 20 A Catholic Perspective on Physician-Assisted Suicide, John J. Paris, Michael P. Moreland; Chapter 21 Christian Perspectives on Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, Cynthia B. Cohen; Chapter 22 A Protestant Perspective on Ending Life, Allen Verhey; Chapter 23 Jewish Deliberations on Suicide, Noam J. Zohar Part SixAppendix-A-and-Appendix-B Appendix A and Appendix B Appendix B Appendix C, Ronald Dworkin, Thomas Nagel, Robert Nozick, John Rawls, Thomas Scanlon, Judith Jarvis Thomson Appendix D;