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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 2010
Two recent articles have again piqued our interest in the subject of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. As noted by Chambaere et al, Belgium and the Netherlands in 2002, and Luxemburg in 2009, have decriminalized physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The issue is currently being debated in Canada.
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Two recent articles have again piqued our interest in the subject of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. As noted by Chambaere et al, Belgium and the Netherlands in 2002, and Luxemburg in 2009, have decriminalized physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The issue is currently being debated in Canada.
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The Annals of Medical Assistance in Dying
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016In Carter v. Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling that the criminal code ban on medical assistance in dying (MAID) for persons with grievous medical conditions and intolerab...
Catherine Frazee, Harvey Max Chochinov
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HealthcarePapers, 2014
This paper makes an affirmative ethical case in favour of the decriminalization of assisted dying in Canada. It then proceeds to defending the affirmative case against various slippery-slope arguments that are typically deployed by opponents of assisted dying.
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This paper makes an affirmative ethical case in favour of the decriminalization of assisted dying in Canada. It then proceeds to defending the affirmative case against various slippery-slope arguments that are typically deployed by opponents of assisted dying.
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Bioethics, 2017
AbstractThis article explores at least two dominant critiques of assisted dying from a disability rights perspective. In spite of these critiques, I conclude that assisted dying ought to be permissible. I arrive at the conclusion that if we respect and value people with disabilities, we ought to permit assisted dying.
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AbstractThis article explores at least two dominant critiques of assisted dying from a disability rights perspective. In spite of these critiques, I conclude that assisted dying ought to be permissible. I arrive at the conclusion that if we respect and value people with disabilities, we ought to permit assisted dying.
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Assisted dying is not the same as euthanasia [PDF]
BMJ, 2014 It should be made clear that no attempts are being made to introduce euthanasia through parliament in England and Wales In a recent response to The BMJ the retired general practitioner Philip Hartropp raised a key point about the misleading nature of the leaflet from the campaigning group Care Not Killing circulated in a recent edition of the journal ...
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King's Law Journal, 2012
A decade ago, a British woman suffering from a progressive and terminal illness sought an undertaking from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that if her husband assisted her in ending her own life because, due to her physical disabilities, she was unable to do so unaided, he would not be criminally prosecuted under section 2(1) of the Suicide ...
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A decade ago, a British woman suffering from a progressive and terminal illness sought an undertaking from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that if her husband assisted her in ending her own life because, due to her physical disabilities, she was unable to do so unaided, he would not be criminally prosecuted under section 2(1) of the Suicide ...
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2019
This chapter examines assisted dying. It looks at the current law, and arguments for and against its reform. It covers attempts to change the law in parliament and through human rights challenges in the courts. There is also brief coverage of other jurisdictions’ experience with legalization.
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This chapter examines assisted dying. It looks at the current law, and arguments for and against its reform. It covers attempts to change the law in parliament and through human rights challenges in the courts. There is also brief coverage of other jurisdictions’ experience with legalization.
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2011
Although a few noteworthy philosophical contributions were made in the middle of the last century to the debate about the moral and legal permissibility of physician-assisted suicide, voluntary euthanasia, and nonvoluntary euthanasia, the intensity of the debate within philosophical (and other) forums has risen dramatically since the late 1970s.
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Although a few noteworthy philosophical contributions were made in the middle of the last century to the debate about the moral and legal permissibility of physician-assisted suicide, voluntary euthanasia, and nonvoluntary euthanasia, the intensity of the debate within philosophical (and other) forums has risen dramatically since the late 1970s.
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What's wrong with assisted dying
BMJ, 2012Campaigns in support of assisted dying seem to be predicated on an excessively rosy view of society and the individuals within it, says Iona Heath , writing in a personal ...
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