Counting Cases of Termination of Life without Request: New Dances with Data
This paper explores the common argument proposed by opponents of the legalization of euthanasia that permitting ending a patient’s life at their request will lead to the eventual legalization of terminating life without request. The author’s examination of data does not support the conclusion that a...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2020
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 395-402 |
Further subjects: | B
ending life without request
B ending life on request B Euthanasia |
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Summary: | This paper explores the common argument proposed by opponents of the legalization of euthanasia that permitting ending a patient’s life at their request will lead to the eventual legalization of terminating life without request. The author’s examination of data does not support the conclusion that a causal connection exists between legalizing ending of life on request and an increase in the number of cases without request. |
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ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180120000122 |