Case of Karen Ann Quinlan; Planning a 'living will'; Suicide as a crime; Assisting a suicide as a murder; Euthanasia issue; Abortion; Government reports on euthanasia cases; Classical thinkers' thoughts; Role of medical technology; Human dignity; Opponents of 'right' to death appeal; Future ...
Miller P., "Death With Dignity and the Right to Die: Sometimes Doc- tors Have a Duty to Hasten Death", Journal of Medical Ethics, 1987.Death with Dignity and the Right to Die:Sometimes Doctors Have a Duty to Hasten Death. Phillip J. Miller. Journal of Medicine . 1987...
The Death With Dignity And Physician Assisted Suicide There are numerous articles regarding Death with Dignity and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Friend (2011) investigates the history of physician-assisted suicide, the Hemlock Society, and the ethical considerations to physician-assisted suicide. A wealth ...
Previously, the matter mainly dealt with “passive death with dignity” that allowed patients on their deathbeds to decide to stop life-sustaining treatment. Lately, some lawmakers have even sponsored a bill for “assisted death with dignity,” a.k.a. the “Assisted Suicide Act.” However, so...
Death with Dignity National Center Death penalty opponents have shifted their focus from the constitutionality of capital punishment to whether drugs used in executions violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.” Pentobarbital's manufacturers have made it nea...
Death with dignity activity is becoming increasingly prevalent across the nation, and pharmacists must take steps to educate themselves on the matter. It is foreseeable that coverage of life-ending drugs will be added to the curriculum of PharmD programs and to continuing education programming in th...
American death with dignity laws are based on Oregon’s 1994 law, which was the first such American law enacted. The laws all have “stringent eligibility requirements” and “safeguards that [d]ata and studies show… work as intended, protecting patients and preventing misuse.” The safegua...
Brittany Maynard, the woman suffering from terminal brain cancer whose choice to end her life under the Death With Dignity Act went viral, died on Saturday, Nov. 1.Brittany Maynard: Death With DignityMaynard, 29, recently became an international spokesperson for aid in dying, a practice legal ...
In November 1994, a citizens' initiative in Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act that allowed physicians to prescribe lethal dosages of medication, typically oral barbiturates, to Oregon citizens suffering from terminal illnesses. An injunction delayed implementation of the Death with Dignity Act ...
In November 1994, a citizens’ initiative in Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act that allowed physicians to prescribe lethal dosages of medication, typically oral barbiturates, to Oregon citizens suffering from terminal illnesses. An injunction delayed implementation of the Death with Dignity Act...