Who Decides? The Connecting Thread of Euthanasia, Eugenics, and Doctor-Assisted Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirk Cheyfitz (New York, New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-16 |
| Publication date | 2000-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/djfu-aawp-m3l4-4alp |
| PMID | 12577901 |
| OpenAlex | W2025756964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Throughout recorded history, a series of seemingly unrelated ideas have been consistently intertwined: suicide, euthanasia, infanticide, eugenics, genocide and, most recently, the practice termed physician-assisted suicide. From Plato and Hippocrates to a pair of twentieth-century American physicians named Haiselden and Kevorkian, an examination of history shows these disparate notions always involve two troublesome questions: Which lives are not worth living? And who will decide? The same examination of history teaches that separating the worthy from the not worthy is a very dangerous proposition, especially for those whose lives are deemed marginal
Assisted suicide · Criminology · Epistemology · Eugenics · Genocide · Political science · Proposition · Psychiatry · Sociology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |