The right to a self-determined death as expression of the right to freedom of personal development: The German Constitutional Court takes a clear stand on assisted suicide
On 26 February 2020, the German Constitutional Court rejected a law from 2015 that prohibited any form of ‘business-like’ assisted suicide as unconstitutional. The landmark ruling of the highest federal court emphasised the high priority given to the rights of autonomy and free personal development,...
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Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2020
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 46, Issue: 6, Pages: 416-417 |
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