An Absurd Inconsistency in Law: Nicklinson’s Case and Deciding to Die
R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice [2012] EWHC 2381 was a tragic case that considered a perennial question: whether voluntary, active euthanasia is murder. The traditional position was affirmed, that is, it is indeed murder. The law’s treatment of decisions to refuse treatment resulting in death i...
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Thomson
2014
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| Online Access: | http://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/blob?blobguid=I89612c2db87811e3843cd1808a2cb81a&file=LAWREP-021-JLM-JL-0627.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20149 |