Suicide A Christian Response: Crucial Considerations for Choosing Life

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1: Legal and Medical Reflections 1. Shaping Euthanasia Rights: Compassion in Dying v. Washington and Quill v. Vacco Edward R. Grant .... 25 2. Roe v. Wade and the Euthanasia Debate James Boppjr. and Richard E. Coleson .... 41 3. Brick Walls on the Slippery Slope: Reasonable Moderation or Unjust Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities? Daniel Avila .... 53 4. The Physician-Assisted Suicide: Is It Ever Justified? Robert D. Orr, M.D. .... 61 5. The Management of Cancer Pain Matthew E. Conolly, M.D. .... 75 6. Suicide and the Right to Die (With Help): The Cases of Sigmund Freud mdJAMA`s Debbie David L. Schiedermayer, M.D. ... 101 7. A Nurse`s Perspective on Euthanasia Mary Krumholz Clifford ... Ill Part 2: Philosophical Reflections 8. Physician-Assisted Suicide: Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow John F. Kilner .... 129 9. The Price of Life AlisterE. MsGrath ... 141 10. Euthanasia: An Overview John S. Feinberg ... 141 11. The Morality of Suicide: Issues and Options J. P. Moreland .... 183 12. Suicide and the Problem of Evil: Why Bad Things Cause People to End Their Lives C. Ben Mitchell ....199 13. Christians and a Culture of Death: Affirming Moral Accountability in an Amoral World J. Daryl Charles ..... 209 14. Absolute Autonomy and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Putting a Bad Idea Out of Its Misery Francis J. Beckivith .... 223 15. Homicidal Medicine John M. Dolan ... 235 Part 3: Theological Reflections 16. A Theology of Death Dennis P. Hollinger ... 251 17. The Masada Suicides: The Making and Breaking of a Cultural Icon Barry R. Leventhal ...269 18. Did Early Christians "Lust after Death"?A New Wrinkle in the Doctor-Assisted Suicide Debate Darrel W. Amundsen .... 285 19. Some Reservations About Suicide A. A. Howsepian, M.D. .... 297 Part 4: Biblical Reflections 20. Suicide and the Concept of Death in the Old Testament Eugene H. Merrill ..... 315 21. Death, an Impetus for Life: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 Barry C. Davis ... 329 22. But the Bible Doesn`t Say They Were Wrong to Commit Suicide, Does It? Donal P. O`Mathuna .... 349 23. A "Wisdom" Perspective on Advocacy for the Suicidal James S. Reitman, M.D. ... 369 24. Did Paul Condone Suicide? Implications for Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia Donal P. O`Mathuna .... 387 25. The Good Samaritan and the Euthanasia Debate H. Wayne House ....399 Part 5: Pastoral and Personal Reflections 26. Suicide`s Companion: A Trail of Tears Gary P. Steivart .... 425 27. Pastoral Reflections on Adolescent Suicide Jeffrey A. Watson .... 437 28. Pastoral Reflections on Suicide and the Local Church: Humanity Against Itself Fred C. Chay .... 443 29. Pastoral Reflections on the Suicide of a Family Member Charles Ballard ... 451 30. Bringing the Grace of God to Victims of Suicide Gary P. Weeden ... 457 31. Pastoral Reflections on Suicide Intervention Timothy C. Tatum