Assisted Suicide, the Supreme Court, and the Constitutive Function of the Law

The reasonings behind popular culture responses to the controversy over a terminally ill patient's right to die are examined. It is contended that physician-assisted suicide functions as a mise-en-scene for evaluation of the social transformation of health care; specifically, the economic, cult...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Hastings Center report 1997-09, Vol.27 (5), p.29-34, Article 29
1. Verfasser:	Kaveny, M. Cathleen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aid-in-Dying: The Supreme Court & the Public Response Assisted suicide Bioethics Care and treatment Constitutional law Criticism and interpretation Death Decisions Due process of law Empirical Research Ethical aspects Euthanasia Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary Federal circuit courts Government Regulation Humans Judicial Decisions Judicial Role Legal aspects Medical ethics Medical sector Moral judgment Morality Pain Pain, Intractable Personal Autonomy Persons Philosophy Physician and patient Physicians Public Opinion Right to Die Right to Die - legislation & jurisprudence Social Justice Stress, Psychological Suicide Suicide, Assisted - legislation & jurisprudence Supreme court Supreme Court Decisions Terminally ill United States United States Supreme Court Value of Life Voluntary euthanasia Vulnerable Populations Wedge Argument
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