Practice Annoted Bibliography

Alec Patterson
Professor Gold
English 103
27 September 2009
Active Euthanasia: An Annotated Bibliography
Young, Robert. Medically Assisted Death. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Robert Young looks at the form of active euthanasia, or “physician-assisted suicide,” in this 12 chapter book. Young does a good job remaining neutral in this stance, and even dissects all of the possibilities of euthanasia in different parts. He even looks at the possibility of non-voluntary euthanasia in a separate chapter (11), a chapter that I will read closely in search of counter arguments for the “fear of non-voluntary euthanasia” position that seems to be one of the major positions against active euthanasia. The book includes court cases and other citations that will come in handy. There have been developments in the use of active euthanasia even since 2007, developments this book cannot help with.