Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Issue of Rational Suicide, James L. Werth; Part 1 Relevant Background Issues; Chapter 2 Can Suicide Be Rational? Yes, Sometimes, Margaret P. Battin; Chapter 3 Reasons, Rationality, and Ways of Life, Daniel Callahan; Chapter 4 The Catholic Condemnation of Rational Suicide, Father Robert Barry; Chapter 5 Is Rational Suicide Rational?, Gerald A. Larue; Chapter 6 The Influence of Rational Suicide on Nonrational Suicide, Steven Stack; Chapter 7 The Moral Imperative to Suicide, Samuel E. Wallace; Chapter 8 “Rational Suicide” As the New Jim Crow, Wesley J. Smith; Chapter 9 Physician-Assisted Dying, Kathryn L. Tucker; Part 2 Service Providers; Chapter 10 Rational Suicide: Life and Death Your Way, Lois Chapman Dick; Chapter 11 Counselors and Rational Suicide, Richard R. Ellis; Chapter 12 Nursing, Angela Albright; Chapter 13 A Nursing Position that Supports Rational Suicide, Margaret L. Campbell; Chapter 14 Are Compassionate Care and Suicide Mutually Exclusive?, Robin Bernhoft; Chapter 15 Physician-Assisted Rational Suicide, Richard MacDonald; Chapter 16 Rational Suicide, Mark J. Coldblatt; Chapter 17 A Psychiatric Perspective on Rational Suicide, Jerome A. Motto; Chapter 18 Psychology and Rational Suicide, Stephen Jamison; Chapter 19 Rational Suicide, Antoon A. Leenaars; Chapter 20 Rational Suicide, Jay Callahan; Chapter 21 In Support of Rational Suicide, Deborah Cummings; Chapter 22 The Presentation of Rational Suicide in Death Education, David K. Meagher; Chapter 23 Rational Suicide, Judith M. Stillion; Part 3 Special Populations; Chapter 24 The False Autonomy of Forced Choice, Carol J. Gill; Chapter 25 Rational Suicide and the Disabled Individual, Karen Hwang; Chapter 26 Arguments Against Rational Suicide, John L. McIntosh; Chapter 27 Suicide Can Be Rational for Senescent or Terminal Patients, Erdman B. Palmore; Chapter 28 A Personal Argument in Favor of Rational Suicide, Patty Rosen; Chapter 29 “Rational Suicide”, Adina Wrobleski; Chapter 30 Conclusion, Charlotte P. Ross;

About the Author

James L. Werth