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The Social Work Companion lets students know what to expect from their course and will be there every step of the way as an essential reference tool. Offering wide-ranging yet accessible coverage of the core topics, along with important advice on study skills, this book is the essential survival guide for social work students.

Intro -- Introduction -- 1. A History of the Right to Die National Center for Life and Liberty -- 2. Terminally Ill People Should Have the Right to Die Scott Mendelson -- 3. Physician-Assisted Dying Is Ethical Marcia Angell -- 4. Physician-Assisted Dying Is Not Ethical Barbara A. Rockett -- 5. Patients Who Lack Hope Need Advocates, Not Suicide Help Rosemarie Jackowski -- 6. Aid in Dying Is Different from Assisted SuicideBarbara Coombs Lee -- 7. The Death with Dignity Movement Is Gaining Acceptance NationwideSusan Haigh -- 8. The Death with Dignity Movement Endangers People with DisabilitiesDiane Coleman -- 9. Choosing to Die Can Be a Rational Decision for the Elderly Julia Medew -- 10. Vulnerable People Can Be Coerced into Choosing Death Wesley Smith -- 11. Physician-Assisted Suicide Laws Are Actually Seldom Used Serena Gordon -- 12. The Right to Die Is Not a Civil RightIra Byock -- 13. Right-to-Die Laws Could Extend to Healthy People Jacob M. Appel -- 14. Legal Euthanasia for Sick Babies Does Not Increase the Practice Jo Carlowe -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index