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Angels of Death: Exploring the Euthanasia Underground. Roger S. Magnusson with contributions from Peter H. Ballis. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002
Appointment with Doctor Death.[selected chapters] Michael Betzold. Troy, Michigan: Momentum Books, 1993.
Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. Marilyn J. Field and Christine K. Cassel, Eds. Washington, D.C.: National Academic Press, 1997.
Arguing Euthanasia : the Controversy Over Mercy Killing, Assisted Suicide, and the "Right To Die". Jonathan D. Moreno. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Assisted Suicide. Laura Egendorf, Editor. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1998.
Assisted Suicide: A Decision-Making Guide for Health Professionals. Stephen Jamison. San Francisco: Josey Bass, 1997.
Assisted Suicide: a Disability Perspective Position Paper. National Council on Disability. Washington, D.C.: 1997.
Report from: APA [American Psychological Association] Working Group on "Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life Decisions" Washington, D.C. May 1, 2000.
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Christian Moral Perspectives, the Washington Report. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1997.
Assisted Suicide: Canadian Perspectives. Edited by C.G. Prado with foreword by Margaret P. Battin. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, c2000.
Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground. Lois Snyder and Arthur Kaplan. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002.
Assisted Suicide: Theory and Practice in Elective Death. C. G. Prado and S. J. Taylor. Amherst, New York: Humanity Books, 1999.
Basic Questions on Suicide and Euthanasia: Are They Ever Right? Gary Stewart and John Kilner, eds. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1998/
Breaking the Thread of Life : On Rational Suicide. Robert Laurence Barry. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994.
But What If She Wants to Die? : A Husband's Diary. George E. Delury. New York: Carol Pub. Group, 1997.
The Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-Of-Life Care. Kathleen M. Foley and Herbert Hendin, Editors. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
The Case for Physician Assisted Suicide. Shelia McLean and Alison Britton. San Francisco: Pandora, 1997.
The Choice : Seasons of Loss and Renewal After a Father's Decision to Die. Judy Brown. Berkeley, California: Conari Press, 1995.
A Chosen Death: The Dying Confront Assisted Suicide. Lonny Shavelson. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. reissued in 1998 by University of California Press
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics. Fifth Edition. Tom Beauchamp, Tom and LeRoy Walters, eds. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1999.
Contemporary Perspectives on Rational Suicide. James Worth, Editor. Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999.
Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America. Wesley J. Smith. San Francisco: Encounter Books. 2000.
Deadly Compassion: The Death of Ann Humphry and the Truth About Euthanasia. Rita Marker. New York: William Morrow, 1993.
Death and Compassion: a Virtue-based Approach to Euthanasia. Liezl Van Zyl. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2000.
Death and Dignity: Making Choices and Taking Charge. Timothy Quill. New York: Norton, 1993 [paperback 1994].
Death and Dying: Who Decides. Barbara Wexler. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002.
Death as a Salesman: What's Wrong with Assisted Suicide. Brian P. Johnston. 2nd ed rev. Sacramento: New Regency Pub., 1998.
The Death Debate: Ethical Issues in Suicide. Margaret Pabst Battin. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995.
Death on Demand: Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States: a Legal Research Pathfinder. Cathleene DeSimone. Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 1996.
Death Talk: the Case Against Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide. Margaret Somerville. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.
Death with Dignity FAQs. Rob Neils. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 1997.
Deathright: Culture, Medicine,Politics, an the Right to Die. James Hoefler and Brian Kamoie. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.
Denial of the Soul: Spiritual and Medical Perspectives on Euthanasia and Mortality. M. Scott Peck. New York: Harmony Books, 1997.
A Different Death: Euthanasia & the Christian Tradition. Edward Larson and Darrel Amudsen. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
Doctor Assisted Suicide and the Euthanasia Movement. Hudson, Wisconsin: G. E. McCuen Publications, 1994.
Drug Use in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1996.
Dying Right: the Death With Dignity Movement Daniel Hillyard and John Dombrink. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life.. Ira Byock. New York: Riverhead Books, 1997.
Dying with Dignity: a Plea for Personal Responsibility. Hans Kung. New York: Continuum, 1995.
End-of-life Decisions: a Psychlogical Perspective. Edited by Maurice D. Steinberg and Stuart J. Youngner. 1st ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, 1998.
Endings and Beginnings: Law, Medicine, and Society in Assisted Life and Death Larry I. Palmer. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2000.
Ethical Issues in Death and Dying. Second Edition. Tom Beauchamp. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Ethical Issues in Suicide. Margaret Pabst Battin. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995. see particularly Chapter 7 "Physician-assisted Suicide"
Ethics at the End of Life. Ralph Baergen. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., c2001
Euthanasia (Contemporary Issues Companions). Lisa Yount, editor. Greenhaven Press, 2002.
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Psychosocial Issues. Samuel Greenberg. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1997.
Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide. book review Gerald Dworkin, R.G. Frey, and Sissela Bok. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Killing or Caring? Michael Manning. New York: Paulist Press, 1998.
Euthanasia and the Right to Die: A Comparative View. Jennifer Scherer and Rita Simon. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.
Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legislation. John Keown. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Euthanasia Examined : Ethical, Clinical, and Legal Perspectives. John Keown, Editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
see especially Yale Kamisar. "Physician-assisted Suicide: the Last Bridge to Active Voluntary Euthanasia." In: Keown, John, ed. Euthanasia Examined... p.225-260.
Euthanasia: Opposing Viewpoints. Edited by James Tor. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000.
Facing Death: Where Culture, Religion, and Medicine Meet. Howard Spiro, et.al. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press; 1996.
Final Acts of Love: Families, Friends, and Assisted Dying. Stephen Jamison. New York: Putnam, 1995.
Final Choices: Seeking The Good Death. Michael Vitez. Philadelphia: Camino Books, 1998.
Final Choices: To Live or Die in an Age of Medical Technology. George Burnell. New York: Insight Books, 1993.
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying. Derek Humphry. Eugene, Oregon: Hemlock Society, 1991.
Final Wishes: a Cautionary Tale on Death, Dignity & Physician-assisted Suicide. Paul Chamberlain. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
Forced Exit: the Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder . Welsey J. Smith. Dallas: Spence Publishing, 2003.
Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-To-Die Movement Derek Humphry and Mary Clement. New York: St. Martins Press, 1998.
The Good Death: The New American Search to Reshape the End of Life. Marilyn Webb. New York: Bantam Books, 1997.
A Good Death : Taking More Control at the End of Your Life /Choice in Dying. T. Patrick Hill, David Shirley. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992.
The Handbook for Mortals: A Guide for People Facing Serious Illness. extracts Joanne Lynn and Joan Harold. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999
Hemlock's Cup: the Struggle for Death with Dignity. Donald W. Cox. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1993.
Hospice or Hemlock?: Searching for Heroic Compassion. Constance Putnam. Westport CN: Praeger, 2002.
How Shall We Die? : Helping Christians Debate Assisted Suicide. Sally B. Geis and Donald E. Messer, Editors. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997.
In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right-To-Die in America. Peter G. Filene. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1998.
Intending Death : the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Tom L. Beauchamp, Editor. Upper Saddle River, NJ.: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Killing and Letting Die. Bonnie Steinbock and Alastair Norcross. New York: Fordam Press, 1994.
Last rights?: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Debated. Michael M. Uhlmann, Editor. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Erdmans, 1998.
Last Rights : The Struggle over the Right to Die. Sue Woodman. New York: Plenum, 1998..
Law at the End of Life : the Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide. Edited by Carl E. Schneider. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Lawful Exit : the Limits of Freedom for Help in Dying. Derek Humphry. Junction City, OR: Norris Lane Press, 1993.
The Least Worst Death: Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life. Margaret Pabst Battin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Lethal Judgments : Assisted Suicide and American Law. (Landmark Law Cases and American Society). Melvin I. Urofsky. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2000.
Letting Go: Death, Dying, and the Law. Melvin Urofsky. New York: Scribner, 1993.
Life Choices: A Hastings Center Introduction to Bioethics. Joseph Howell et al. Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000.
Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom. Ronald Dworkin. New York: Knopf, 1993.
Life's Worth: The Case Against Assisted Suicide. Arthur Dyck et.al. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2002
Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern American. Dowbiggin, Ian Robert. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003..
Midwife Through the Dying Process. Timothy E. Quill. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Must We Suffer Our Way to Death? : Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice. Edited by Ronald P. Hamel, Edwin R. DuBose. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1996.
Negotiating a Good Death: Euthanasia in the Netherlands. Robert Pool. New York: Haworth Press, 2000.
On Suicide. Robert Coles. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
Oregon Death with Dignity Act: a Guidebook for Health Care Providers. Portland: Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1998.
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: The First Year's Experience. Arthur E. Chin et. al. Portland: Oregon Health Division: Oregon Department of Human Resources. February, 1999.
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: The Second Year's Experience. Arthur E. Chin et. al. Portland: Oregon Health Division: Oregon Department of Human Resources. February, 2000.
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Three Years of Legalized Physician-assisted Suicide.. Amy D. Sullivan et.al. Portland: Oregon Health Division: Oregon Department of Human Resources. February, 2001.
Fourth Annual Report on Oregon's Death with Dignity Act Katrina Hedburg et.al. &nsbp; Portland: Oregon Health Division: Oregon Department of Human Resources. February 2002
Physician-Assisted Death. Edited by James M. Humber et.al. Totowa, N.J.: Humana Press, 1994.
Physician-Assisted Suicide. Gail Hawkins, ed. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002.
Physician-Assisted Suicide. Robert F. Weir et. al. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Lisa Yount. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate. Margaret P. Battin, et al, Editors. New York: Routledge, 1998.
Physician Assisted Suicide: Religious and Public Policy Perspectives. Edwin R. DuBose. Chicago: Park Ridge Center, 1999.
Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Issue. Susan Behuniak and Arthur Svenson. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
Physician-assisted Suicide : What Are the Issues? Edited by Loretta M. Kopelman and Kenneth A. De Ville. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2001.
The Politics of Physician Assisted Suicide. Nina Clark. New York: Garland, 1997.
The Politician's Guide to Assisted Suicide, Cloning, and Other Current Controversies. George J. Marlin. Washington, D.C.: Morley Books, 1998.
Pragmatic Bioethics. Edited by Glenn McGee. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1999.
Prescription Medicide: the Goodness of Planned Death. Jack Kevorkian. Buffalo: Prometheus Press, 1991.
Regulating How We Die : the Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-assisted Suicide. Linda Emanuel, Editor. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
The Right to Die. Alan Meisel. New York: John Wiley, 1989.
The Right to Die (Oceana's Legal Almanac). Margaret Jasper. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Ocean Publications, 2000.
The Right to Die Debate: a Documentary History. Edited by Marjorie B. Zucker. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
The Right To Die: a Two-volume Anthology of Scholarly Articles. Melvin I. Urofsky and Philip E. Urofsky, Editors. New York: Garland Publ., 1996.
The Right to Die: Public Controversy, Private Matter. Kathryn Gay. Brookfield, CN: Millbrook Press, 1993.
The Right to Die With Dignity: an Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law. Raphael Cohen-Almagor. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c2001.
Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients and the Dutch Cure. Herbert Hendin. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.
Suicide. Robert Emmet Long, Editor. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1995.
Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences. Geo Stone. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999.
Suicide: Opposing Viewpoints. Tamara Roleff, Editor. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1998
Terminal Choices: Euthanasia, Suicide, and the Right to Die. Robert N. Wennberg. Grand Rapids, MI: Erdmans, 1989.
Testing the Medical Covenant: Active Euthanasia..... William F. May. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1996.
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law. Margaret Otlowski. New York: Clarendon Press, 1997.
When Death Is Sought: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context. New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. New York, 1994.
When Killing Is Wrong: Physician-assisted Suicide and the Courts Arthur J. Dyck. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2001.
Why Suicide: Answers to 200 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions about Suicide, Attempted Suicide, and Assisted Suicide. Eric Marcus. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1996.
Selected bibliography - assisted suicide prepared by the staff of the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature--both books and articles.
