Euthanasia, ethics, and the law : from conflict to compromise

Euthanasia, ethics, and the law : from conflict to compromise

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huxtable, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Oxon, England : Routledge-Cavendish , c2007
Series:Biomedical law and ethics library
Subjects:
Assisted suicide > Law and legislation > Great Britain
Assisted suicide > Moral and ethical aspects
Euthanasia > Law and legislation > Great Britain
Euthanasia > Moral and ethical aspects
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Judging the end(ing) of life: conflict and confusion
  • 2. Not Pretty: 'mercy killing' in legal fact and legal fiction
  • 3. Assisted suicide in 'the shadow area of mercy killing'
  • 4. Get out of jail free? Double effect and doctors in the dock
  • 5. Beyond Bland: hedging bets on the value of life?
  • 6. Euthanasia and the middle ground: from conflict to compromise

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