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Assisted suicide bordering on active euthanasia
International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2003A 44-year-old woman was almost completely paralysed after a severe brainstem haemorrhage. Even after several years of efforts at rehabilitation, she remained completely dependent on the help of others. However, a special device enabled her to administer (after careful preparation) liquids through the PEG catheter despite her poorly coordinated ...
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Passive and active euthanasia: What is the difference?
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2007In order to discuss the normative aspects of euthanasia one has to clarify what is meant by active and passive euthanasia. Many philosophers deny the possibility of distinguishing the two by purely descriptive means, e.g. on the basis of theories of action or the differences between acting and omitting to act.
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Euthanasia, consensual homicide, and refusal of treatment.
BioethicsConsensual homicide remains a crime in jurisdictions where active voluntary euthanasia has been legalized. At the same time, both jurisdictions, in which euthanasia is legal and those in which it is not, recognize that all patients (whether severely ill ...
E. Rivera-López
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The Dead Donor Rule, Voluntary Active Euthanasia, and Capital Punishment
Bioethics, 2011We argue that the dead donor rule, which states that multiple vital organs should only be taken from dead patients, is justified neither in principle nor in practice.
Christian Coons, Noah Levin
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The example of Christ and voluntary active euthanasia
Journal of Religion & Health, 1986The 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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The Distinction Between Active and Passive Euthanasia
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1995In his review article, "Euthanasia: Historical, Ethical, and Empiric Perspectives," Emanuel 1 ignores the crucial distinction between request and refusal that gives moral significance to the distinction between active and passive euthanasia. In discussing his table of definitions, Emanuel says: ...
Bernard Gert +2 more
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Assisted Suicide and Active Voluntary Euthanasia
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 1989Modern 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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A Concept Analysis of Voluntary Active Euthanasia
Nursing Forum, 2006Euthanasia 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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