Duquesne Law Review
Special Issue: A Symposium on Physician-Assisted Suicide
Front Matter
Symposium Articles
Introduction
C. Everett Koop
Historical Attitudes toward Suicide
Daniel M. Crone
Contemporary Religious Viewpoints on Suicide, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Voluntary Active Euthanasia
Richard E. Coleson
The Art of Verbal Engineering
Rita L. Marker and Wesley J. Smith
Suffering, Compassion, and Dignity in Dying
Courtney S. Campbell
The Promised End - Physician-Assisted Suicide and Abortion
George J. Annas
Is the Constitution a Suicide Pact?
Daniel Avila
"Suicide: A Constitutional Right?" - Reflections Eleven Years Later
Thomas J. Marzen, Mary K. O'Dowd, Daniel M. Crone, and Thomas J. Balch
Defining the Terminally Ill: Insights from SUPPORT
Joanne Lynn, Frank E. Harrell Jr., Felicia Cohn, Mary Beth Hamel, Neal Dawson, and Albert W. Wu
The Limits of Prognostication
Eric Chevlen
Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Possible?
John M. Dolan
Physician-Assisted Suicide, Medical Ethics and the Future of the Medical Profession
Leon R. Kass and Nelson Lund
The Slippery Slope: The Dutch Example
Herbert Hendin
Conclusion: Shaky Foundations and Slippery Slopes
Richard M. Doerflinger