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Euthanasia

Euthanasia: a Christian evaluation
By H. Jochemsen
Latimer Studies, Oxford
38 pages. £2.00
ISBN 0 946307 45 8

This little booklet is a scholarly philosophical and theological treatise that will richly repay serious study.
It is probably not the ideal introduction to the Christian case against euthanasia, but for those who want to think more deeply about euthanasia, related ethical matters, and indeed about the nature of medicine itself, it is invaluable.
One particular plea, though, to Latimer Studies and to Christian publishers everywhere: I am convinced the word 'Christian' should not be spelt 'christian'.

Andrew Fergusson

The reviewer was a GP in South London for 10 years and is now the General Secretary of the Christian Medical Fellowship and the Chairman of HOPE, Healthcare Opposed to Euthanasia. These views are his own.