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The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics Steinbock, Bonnie University at Albany, State University of New York Print publication date: 2009 (this edition) Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-956241-1 Published to Oxford Handbooks Online: September 2009
16 Physician-Assisted Death: the State of the Debate doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199562411.003.0017 Gerald Dworkin Abstract: The Current State of the Debate – Is There an Asymmetry Between Denying Withholding/Withdrawing Requests and Denying Assistance in Dying? – What Is the Relevance of Intention and Motive to Act-Evaluation? – If People Would, in the Absence of Others Mistakenly Causing Harm, Have a Right to Do X, Can We Prohibit Them from Exercising Their Right on the Grounds of the Harm that Will Result? – Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Really Necessary? – When, and for What? – Is There a Moral Difference, and If So, Ought There to Be a Legal Difference, Between Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Euthanasia?	Related Content in OHO 'Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide' in The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics
Gerald Dworkin is Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of California at Davis. He is also an adjunct Professor in the School of Law. He is the author of many articles and books in moral, political, and legal philosophy. His most recent book (co-authored with Sissela Bok and R. G. Frey) is Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: For and Against (Cambridge University Press, 1998).	Gerald Dworkin Find in OUP journals External web page