Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy an argument against legalisation
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2002
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-302) and index Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLE OF CASES; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; PART I Definitions; PART II The ethical debate: human life, autonomy, legal hypocrisy, and the slippery slope; PART III The Dutch experience: controlling VAE? condoning NVAE?; PART IV Australia and the United States; PART V Expert opinion; PART VI Passive euthanasia: withholding/withdrawing treatment and tube-feeding with intent to kill; Criticisms by the BMA and the government; Conclusions; AFTERWORD: THE DIANE PRETTY CASE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. How cogent is the 'slippery slope' objection to the issue of whether voluntary euthanasia is permissible? Is it reasonable to argue that patients who did not make a free and informed request would be killed? This lucid introduction to this question will interest all on both sides of the debate |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 318 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0511019947 0511028644 0511043937 0511157304 0511495331 0521009332 0521804167 128043340X 9780511019944 9780511028649 9780511043932 9780511157301 9780511495335 9780521009331 9780521804165 9781280433405 |