Safeguarding choice at the end of life
Across the world, in countries with permissive or restrictive existing legislation, debates about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (EAS) continue to grip politicians, ethicists, physicians and the wider public.<br/><br/> Early debates about EAS focused on whether it could ever be ethical...
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| description | Across the world, in countries with permissive or restrictive existing legislation, debates about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (EAS) continue to grip politicians, ethicists, physicians and the wider public.<br/><br/> Early debates about EAS focused on whether it could ever be ethical for a physician to actively cause the death of a patient. However, most contemporary writers, including most of the contributors to this special double issue of the JME appear to accept that such actions could, in some circumstances, be ethical. Current debate is mostly focused instead on which actions are permissible, when they are permissible, and what safeguards are necessary to protect the vulnerable. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b4d16e7c-28bd-4d36-a2c0-0799f6bdad312022-03-27T04:28:53ZSafeguarding choice at the end of lifeJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b4d16e7c-28bd-4d36-a2c0-0799f6bdad31Symplectic Elements at OxfordBMJ Publishing Group2015Wilkinson, DAcross the world, in countries with permissive or restrictive existing legislation, debates about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (EAS) continue to grip politicians, ethicists, physicians and the wider public.<br/><br/> Early debates about EAS focused on whether it could ever be ethical for a physician to actively cause the death of a patient. However, most contemporary writers, including most of the contributors to this special double issue of the JME appear to accept that such actions could, in some circumstances, be ethical. Current debate is mostly focused instead on which actions are permissible, when they are permissible, and what safeguards are necessary to protect the vulnerable. |
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