Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy : an argument against legalisation /

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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 de...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keown, John
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Euthanasia.
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects.
Euthanasia > Social aspects.
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects.
Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy.
Assisted suicide.
Euthanasia > Law and legislation.
Euthanasia > legislation & jurisprudence
Euthanasia
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Ethics, Clinical
Health Policy
Suicide, Assisted
Euthanasie > Droit.
Euthanasie > Aspect moral.
Euthanasie > Aspect social.
Soins en phase terminale > Aspect moral.
Euthanasie.
Études transculturelles.
Politique sanitaire.
Aide au suicide.
suicides.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Medical policy
Euthanasia > Law and legislation
Cross-cultural studies
Assisted suicide
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects
Euthanasia > Social aspects
Terminal care > Moral and ethical aspects
Gesetzgebung
Rechtspolitik
Sterbehilfe
Legalisering.
Ethische aspecten.
Eutanasia.
Eutanasia > Aspectos morales y éticos.
Eutanasia > Aspectos sociales.
Cuidados terminales.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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