The Right to die : decision and decision makers. - Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (New York, J. Aronson, 1974)
1. Introduction / Jack Weinberg, M.D. -- 2. Death -- a review of psychiatric considerations / F. Conyers Thompson, Jr., M.D. -- 3. The preoccupation of society with death and dying / Alvin I. Goldfarb, M.D. -- 4. Social dynamics and the right to die / Montague Ullman, M.D. -- 5. The personal sense and social structure of legacy: An ethic to the future / Robert N. Butler, M.D. -- 6. Dying -- The power and the prize / Lawrence F. Greenleigh, M.D. -- 7. The loneliness of dying and the wish to die: Clinical examples / Prescott W. Thompson, M.D. -- 8. Immediate alternatives for the dying patient / Maurice E. Linden, M.D. -- 9. Summation / Abraham Kaplan, Ph. D. -- 10. Comment : The physician as instrumentalist in bringing death / John Donnelly, M.D. ; A cross-cultural comparison / Roderic Gorney, M.D. ; The ceremony of dying / C. Christian Beels, M.D. ; Three neglected viewpoints / Norman L. Paul, M.D. ; The need for predetermined guidelines / Alvin I. Goldfarb, M.D.
A symposium held on Nov. 12, 1971, during the fall Meeting of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry in Philadelphia.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Death -- Congresses; Euthanasia -- Congresses