Dying justice : a case for decriminalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada /

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"The legal status of assisted death in Canada is in urgent need of clarification and reform. However, this process must be informed by a careful, thorough, and thoughtful analysis of the issues. In Dying Justice, Jocelyn Downie provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of significant deve...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Downie, Jocelyn Grant, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Euthanasia > Law and legislation > Canada.
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation > Canada.
Decriminalization > Canada.
Euthanasie > Droit > Canada.
Aide au suicide > Droit > Canada.
Décriminalisation > Canada.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW > Right to Die.
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation.
Decriminalization.
Euthanasia > Law and legislation.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The withholding and withdrawal of potentially life-sustaining treatment from competent persons
  • The provision of potentially life-shortening palliative treatment
  • Assisted suicide
  • Euthanasia
  • The values
  • Resolution of conflicts among values
  • A legal regime for withholding and withdrawal of potentially life-sustaining treatment from competent individuals
  • Unsustainable distinctions
  • Inconsistencies across categories of assisted death
  • Invalid arguments
  • Slippery slope arguments
  • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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