in between, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops announced a campaign against assisted suicide, which it promised would be pursued with as much vigor as its fight against abortion. Clearly, doctor-assisted suicide is an issue that isn't going to go away.The very medical technology that ...
It claims more than eight in 10 people favour changing the law and that currently some people are forced to choose "a lonely and perhaps violent death". Where else is assisted dying legal? Among places to have a form of assisted dying law is Switzerland, where it's been legal since 1...
Death would occur by self administration of drugs provided by a doctor should the patient's suffering become intolerable during the last few days or weeks of life. This does not include euthanasia, when a doctor ends a person's life by giving the drugs, nor assisted suicide, when a doctor...
For instance, a 2018Medscape ethics reportfound that 58% of doctors who responded to the survey said physician-assisted death should be available to the terminally ill, similar to 57% in 2016, and up from 54% in 2014 and 46% in 2010. ...
Under the Death With Dignity law, a person who sought physician-assisted suicide would have to meet certain criteria: The person must be terminally ill. The person must have six months or less to live. The person must make two oral requests for assistance in dying. The person must make ...
Schneider, Carl E., ed. 2000. Law at the End of Life: The Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide. Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press.Urofsky, Melvin. 1994. Letting Go: Death, Dying, and the Law. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.Cross-references...
"I'm not going to do that." It's not something that anyone is compelling a doctor to do. For some Americans, access is not just about where they live but whether there is a doctor willing to participate with them in bringing about their accelerated death, knowing that they're inevitably...
assistedsuicide. People seeking assisted suicide often experience slanted judgments and are generally not mentally healthy. Legalization of this practice would enable people to fall victim to coercion by friends and family to commit suicide. Also, asking fordeathis unfair to a doctor’s personal ...
Canada's Supreme Court ruling means a doctor can't be prosecuted for assisting death for those with a "grievous and irremediable" illness. The government's proposed law applies to "adults who are suffering intolerably and for whom death is reasonably foreseeable." It says the person must be ...
展开 关键词: Assisted suicide Physician assisted suicide Doctor assisted suicide Death with dignity Aid in dying People with disabilities Disability Disability rights Terminal illness Chronic illness DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.08.006 被引量: 42 年份: 2010 收藏...