When slippery slope arguments miss the mark: a lesson from one against physician-assisted deathprolongation of life and euthanasiacare of the dying patientend of life caresuicide/assisted suicideIn 1989, Susan Wolf convincingly warned of a troublesome consequence that should discourage any movement in...
And she could always stockpile her drugs to achieve the same purpose.In the midst of the ongoing contretemps surrounding the legality of physician-assisted death, there is a grey zone of physician complicity. My action in providing my patient with a potentially lethal quantity of narcotics ...
I have alluded to slippery slope arguments several times in the preceding discussions. These arguments are commonplace in bioethical debate. Often cited in colloquial usage as “the thin end of the wedge” or “the foot in the door” or “ the camel’s nose under the tent”, a slippery s...
Passage of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act in 1994 raises nationally relevant questions for health care organization, state agencies, and clinicians. As debate over physician-assisted suicide continues in the United States, the experiences in Oregon may offer insight into the clinical complexities of...
Pushing the Boundaries of Lawful Assisted Dying in the Netherlands? Existential Suffering and Lay Assistance Netherlands would take a trip down a slippery slope if the lawful model of assisted death were extended to cases where individuals are 'tired of life'... S Ost,A Mullock - 《European...
The psychological slippery slope from physician-assisted death to active euthanasia: a paragon of fallacious reasoning In the debate surrounding the morality and legality of the practices of physician-assisted death and euthanasia, a common logical argument regularly employ... J Potter - 《Medicine Hea...
Third, slippery slope arguments are commonly used to criticize physician-assisted suicide (PAS). These arguments predict that there will be untoward consequences of legalizing physician-assisted suicide, even in cases where we might be sympathetic to the patient who wants to die:...
The human genome project will result in many new diagnostic techniques applicable to assisted reproduction. These may be directed both at infertile patient... MG Kent-First - 《Womens Health Issues》 被引量: 15发表: 1997年 ADVOCACY, LIFE AND DEATH: GERIATRIC SUICIDE AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE...
PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DEATH AND THE SLIPPERY SLOPE: CARVING OUT AN AMERICAN LEDGECarstens, ZacharyReal Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal
In a recent article Joshua James Hatherley argues that, if physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is morally permissible for patients suffering from somatic illnesses, it should be permissible for psychiatric patients as well. He argues that psychiatric disorders do not necessarily impair decision-making ...