Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy : an argument against legalisation /
Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain 'hard cases�...
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2002
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Table of Contents:
- 1 'Voluntary euthanasia' 9
- 2 Intended v. foreseen life-shortening 18
- 3 'Physician-assisted suicide' 31
- Part II The ethical debate: human life, autonomy, legal hypocrisy, and the slippery slope 37
- 4 The value of human life 39
- 5 The value of autonomy 52
- 6 Legal hypocrisy? 58
- 7 The slippery slope arguments 70
- Part III The Dutch experience: controlling VAE? condoning NVAE? 81
- 8 The guidelines 83
- 9 The first Survey: the incidence of 'euthanasia' 91
- 10 Breach of the guidelines 103
- 11 The slide towards NVAE 115
- 12 The second Survey 125
- 13 The Dutch in denial? 136
- Part IV Australia and the United States 151
- 14 The Northern Territory: ROTTI 153
- 15 Oregon: the Death with Dignity Act 167
- Part V Expert opinion 181
- 16 Expert committees 183
- 17 Supreme Courts 191
- 18 Medical associations 208
- Part VI Passive euthanasia: withholding/withdrawing treatment and tube-feeding with intent to kill 215
- 19 The Tony Bland case 217
- 20 Beyond Bland: the BMA guidance on withholding/withdrawing medical treatment 239
- 21 The Winterton Bill 260