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Legal aspects of active voluntary euthanasia in Australia

, 1993
This thesis examines the present criminal law position with respect to medically administered active voluntary euthanasia in Australia. Under existing criminal law principles, whilst there is some scope for passive euthanasia, active volunta.rY euthanasia is treated as murder and no account is taken of the special circumstances existing in such cases ...
Otlowski, Margaret (15940988)
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A Concept Analysis of Voluntary Active Euthanasia

Nursing Forum, 2006
Euthanasia has a wide range of classifications. Confusion exists in the application of specific concepts to various studies.To analyze the concept of voluntary active euthanasia using Walker and Avant's concept analysis method.A comprehensive literature review from various published literature and bibliographies.Clinical, ethical, and policy ...
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Active voluntary euthanasia : a case for Victoria

2022
This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
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Assisted Suicide and Active Voluntary Euthanasia

Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 1989
Modern medicine has been enormously successful in saving and extending lives. No one can reasonably regret this, but it exacerbates a problem which has always been with us, namely, how to treat those who are alive, but not living lives they think worthwhile, and have no prospects for anything better. Under current Canadian law, one who wants to die can
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The example of Christ and voluntary active euthanasia

Journal of Religion & Health, 1986
The Christian church's aversion to suicide need not inform its position on voluntary active euthanasia any more than it informs its understanding of the role Jesus played in securing his own death. When the ontological polarity of freedom and destiny is kept in balance and is in agreement spontaneously and independently, culpability for the death of ...
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2. The Case for Active Voluntary Euthanasia

Law, Medicine and Health Care, 1986
I want to begin by making the fundamental point that the question is not whether decisions to end human lives ought to be made but, rather, who makes these decisions, and on the basis of what principles or values. For the fact is that such decisions are already being made, and inevitably must be made, in modern hospitals.For almost any life-threatening
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Nurses' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia: a survey in the ACT

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 1998
National public opinion polls show a large majority of Australians are in favour of active voluntary euthanasia (AVE). However, most members of the public have had only limited direct experience with dying people. For this reason, surveys of the opinions of medical practitioners and nurses on this issue are of great interest. The present study involved
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Bioethics and Political Ideology: The Case of Active Voluntary Euthanasia

Bioethics, 1997
In different countries responses to important bioethical issues are different, as exemplified by the attitudes towards the voluntary and active forms of medical euthanasia. But why is this the case? My suggestion is that the roots of the variety are, to a considerable degree, ideological.The most important present‐day political ideologies all have ...
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Oncology nurses?? attitudes toward the legalization of voluntary active euthanasia

Cancer Nursing, 1994
Euthanasia is not a new concept. However, there is a growing trend to legalize voluntary active euthanasia. The purpose of this study was to explore oncology nurses' attitudes toward voluntary active euthanasia. The population consisted of 200 registered nurses who were members of the Oncology Nurses' Society and who resided in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
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Velcro on the Slippery Slope: The Role of Psychiatry in Active Voluntary Euthanasia

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 1995
Objective: The aim of the paper is to determine the role that psychiatrists should play in legislation that establishes a right to active voluntary euthanasia (AVE). Method: One version of the “slippery slope” argument, usually invoked against the legalisation of AVE, is recast as an argument for the introduction of strong safeguards ...
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