Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.

Suicide is an individual right / Ernest van den Haag -- Suicide is not an individual right / Robert P. George and William C. Porth Jr. -- Assisted suicide is a constitutional right / Roger Miner -- Assisted suicide is not a constitutional right / Robert R. Beezer -- Guns in the home contribute to teen suicide / Christopher Scanlan -- The number of gun-related teen suicides in exaggerated / David B. Kopal -- Homosexual teens are at high risk for suicide / Gary Remafedi -- The extent of homosexual teen suicide id exaggerated / Trudy Hutchens -- Depression contributes to teen suicide / Andrew E. Slaby and Lili Frank Garfinkel -- many factors contribute to teen suicide / Andrea Young Ward -- Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized / Robert T. Hall -- Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized / Leon R. Kass -- Physician-assisted suicide is moral / Timothy E. Quill -- Assisted suicide is immoral / John Paul II -- Physician-assisted suicide is murder / Walter Reich -- Physician-assisted suicide is justifiable killing / Thomas A. Preston -- Intervention can prevent suicide / Ralph L.V. Rickgarn -- Intervention may not prevent suicide / Ann Smolin and John Guinan -- Effective pain management can prevent assisted suicide / American Foundation for Suicide Prevention -- Effective pain management can prevent assisted suicide / American Foundation for Suicide Prevention -- Effective pain management may not prevent assisted suicide / Timothy E. Quill -- Schools can help prevent suicide / David Lester -- Changing society's attitude toward the elderly can help prevent suicide / Nancy J. Osgood and Susan A. Eisenhandler -- Suicide can be prevented by intensive psychological treatment / Andrew E. Slaby -- Suicide prevention is not always appropriate / Victor Cosculluela.