Denial of the soul : spiritual and medical perspectives on euthanasia and mortality / M. Scott Peck.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Pocket, [1999]Description: xi, 242p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780671010478 (pbk.) :
- 0671010476 (pbk) :
- 179.7 PEC
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Originally published: New York: Harmony; London: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. From confusion to defination: The medical and psychiatric perpectives. Pulling the plug--Physical pain--Emotional pain--Murder, Suicide and natural Death. Part 2. An underlying simplicity: Spiritual perspectives. Secularism--The Creatureliness of humans--The learning of dying--Euthanasia: A typical case. Part 3. Into the future: Societal considerations. Assisted suicide--The hope of the euthanasia debate--Index.
From the bestselling author of The Road Less Travelled, Denial of the Soul offers an exploration of one of the most controversial issues of our age - euthanasia.