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Denial of the soul: spiritual and medical perspectives on euthanasia..

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The author of several best sellers, including The Road Less Traveled (which at last count has been on the New York Times Best Sellers list for 687 weeks), Peck here discusses a complex and timely matter?euthanasia. Peck wants to address the "spiritual" aspects of the decision, which he feels have been ignored in this too-secular world. He's taken on a huge task: to define physical and emotional suffering, to come up with guidelines for considering physician-assisted suicide, and to foster further dialog by society as a whole on these issues. This is not a book of answers; Peck instead encourages discussion about "learning through dying," what a soul consists of, and choosing hospice care when it's clear the end is near. Peck is a wonderful writer, engaging, intelligent, and full of stories from his long psychiatric practice; as usual, he takes on big issues with seriousness, sensitivity, and balance.

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179.7 PEC d

Z. HANDIMAN

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179.7 PEC d

Publisher

New York : Harmony Books., 1997

Collation

xi,242p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-517-70865-5

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179.7

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Subject(s)

EUTHANASIA - RESPECT OF LIFE

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