Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL)

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL)

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2005-04-04

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780104006504

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The Bill was published as HLB 4 session 2004-05 (ISBN 0108418839).


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Download or read book Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL) written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-04-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bill was published as HLB 4 session 2004-05 (ISBN 0108418839).


Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL)

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL)

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2005-04-28

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780104006665

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The Bill was published as HLB 4, session 2004-05 (ISBN 01084188390). This volume contains a selection of the 14,000 personal letters and other submissions received by the Committee with regards to their inquiry into the Bill.


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Download or read book Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL) written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bill was published as HLB 4, session 2004-05 (ISBN 01084188390). This volume contains a selection of the 14,000 personal letters and other submissions received by the Committee with regards to their inquiry into the Bill.


Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL)

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL)

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords

Publisher:

Published: 2005-11-10

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780108421655

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A Bill to enable an adult who has capacity and who is suffering unbearably as a result of a terminal illness to receive medical assistance to die at his own considered and persistent request. Private members bill published on 11th November 2005


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Download or read book Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (HL) written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 2005-11-10 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bill to enable an adult who has capacity and who is suffering unbearably as a result of a terminal illness to receive medical assistance to die at his own considered and persistent request. Private members bill published on 11th November 2005


Assisted Dying Bill (HL)

Assisted Dying Bill (HL)

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords

Publisher:

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9780108553790

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A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life. Private members' bill published on 6 June 2014. Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the Member in charge of the Bill, are published separately as HL Bill 6-EN (ISBN 9780108552427)


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Download or read book Assisted Dying Bill (HL) written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life. Private members' bill published on 6 June 2014. Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the Member in charge of the Bill, are published separately as HL Bill 6-EN (ISBN 9780108552427)


Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy

Author: John Keown

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-04-25

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780521009331

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Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain 'hard cases', voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide could not be effectively controlled; society would slide down a 'slippery slope' to the killing of patients who did not make a free and informed request, or for whom palliative care would have offered an alternative. How cogent is this objection? This book provides the general reader (who need have no expertise in philosophy, law or medicine) with a lucid introduction to this central question in the debate, not least by reviewing the Dutch euthanasia experience. It will interest all in any country whether currently for or against legalisation, who wish to ensure that their opinions are better informed.


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Download or read book Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy written by John Keown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain 'hard cases', voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide could not be effectively controlled; society would slide down a 'slippery slope' to the killing of patients who did not make a free and informed request, or for whom palliative care would have offered an alternative. How cogent is this objection? This book provides the general reader (who need have no expertise in philosophy, law or medicine) with a lucid introduction to this central question in the debate, not least by reviewing the Dutch euthanasia experience. It will interest all in any country whether currently for or against legalisation, who wish to ensure that their opinions are better informed.


Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights

Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights

Author: Stevie Martin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1000374807

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Locating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available from the increasing number of permissive jurisdictions, this book provides a novel examination of the human rights implications of the prohibition on assisted suicide in England and Wales and beyond. Assisted suicide is a contentious topic and one which has been the subject of judicial and academic debate internationally. The central objective of the book is to approach the question of the ban’s compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights afresh; freed from the constraints of the existing case law and its erroneous approach to the legal issues and selective reliance on empirical data. The book also examines the compatibility of the ban on assisted suicide with rights which have either been erroneously disregarded or not considered by either the domestic courts or the European Court of Human Rights. Having regard to human rights jurisprudence more broadly, including in the context of abortion, the research and analysis undertaken here demonstrates that the ban on assisted suicide violates the rights of a significant number of individuals to life, to freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment and to private life. Such analysis does not depend on a strained or contrived approach to the rights at issue. Rather, the conclusions flow naturally from a coherent, logical application of the established principles governing those rights. While the focus of the book is the Suicide Act 1961, the conclusions reached have implications beyond England and Wales, including for the other devolved jurisdictions and international jurisdictions. Beyond courts and legislators, it will be a valuable resource for students of human rights and medical law, as well as medical and legal practitioners and academics working in human rights and end-of-life care.


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Download or read book Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights written by Stevie Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available from the increasing number of permissive jurisdictions, this book provides a novel examination of the human rights implications of the prohibition on assisted suicide in England and Wales and beyond. Assisted suicide is a contentious topic and one which has been the subject of judicial and academic debate internationally. The central objective of the book is to approach the question of the ban’s compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights afresh; freed from the constraints of the existing case law and its erroneous approach to the legal issues and selective reliance on empirical data. The book also examines the compatibility of the ban on assisted suicide with rights which have either been erroneously disregarded or not considered by either the domestic courts or the European Court of Human Rights. Having regard to human rights jurisprudence more broadly, including in the context of abortion, the research and analysis undertaken here demonstrates that the ban on assisted suicide violates the rights of a significant number of individuals to life, to freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment and to private life. Such analysis does not depend on a strained or contrived approach to the rights at issue. Rather, the conclusions flow naturally from a coherent, logical application of the established principles governing those rights. While the focus of the book is the Suicide Act 1961, the conclusions reached have implications beyond England and Wales, including for the other devolved jurisdictions and international jurisdictions. Beyond courts and legislators, it will be a valuable resource for students of human rights and medical law, as well as medical and legal practitioners and academics working in human rights and end-of-life care.


Marine Mammals Ashore

Marine Mammals Ashore

Author: Joseph R. Geraci

Publisher: National Aquarium in Baltimore

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0977460908

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Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.


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Download or read book Marine Mammals Ashore written by Joseph R. Geraci and published by National Aquarium in Baltimore. This book was released on 2005 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.


Debating Euthanasia

Debating Euthanasia

Author: Emily Jackson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-12-02

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1847317715

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In this new addition to the 'Debating Law' series, Emily Jackson and John Keown re-examine the legal and ethical aspects of the euthanasia debate. Emily Jackson argues that we owe it to everyone in society to do all that we can to ensure that they experience a 'good death'. For a small minority of patients who experience intolerable and unrelievable suffering, this may mean helping them to have an assisted death. In a liberal society, where people's moral views differ, we should not force individuals to experience deaths they find intolerable. This is not an argument in favour of dying. On the contrary, Jackson argues that legalisation could extend and enhance the lives of people whose present fear of the dying process causes them overwhelming distress. John Keown argues that voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are gravely unethical and he defends their continued prohibition by law. He analyses the main arguments for relaxation of the law - including those which invoke the experience of jurisdictions which permit these practices - and finds them wanting. Relaxing the law would, he concludes, be both wrong in principle and dangerous in practice, not least for the dying, the disabled and the disadvantaged.


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Download or read book Debating Euthanasia written by Emily Jackson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new addition to the 'Debating Law' series, Emily Jackson and John Keown re-examine the legal and ethical aspects of the euthanasia debate. Emily Jackson argues that we owe it to everyone in society to do all that we can to ensure that they experience a 'good death'. For a small minority of patients who experience intolerable and unrelievable suffering, this may mean helping them to have an assisted death. In a liberal society, where people's moral views differ, we should not force individuals to experience deaths they find intolerable. This is not an argument in favour of dying. On the contrary, Jackson argues that legalisation could extend and enhance the lives of people whose present fear of the dying process causes them overwhelming distress. John Keown argues that voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are gravely unethical and he defends their continued prohibition by law. He analyses the main arguments for relaxation of the law - including those which invoke the experience of jurisdictions which permit these practices - and finds them wanting. Relaxing the law would, he concludes, be both wrong in principle and dangerous in practice, not least for the dying, the disabled and the disadvantaged.


Physician-Assisted Dying

Physician-Assisted Dying

Author: Timothy E. Quill

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2004-10-13

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780801880704

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In this volume, a distinguished group of physicians, ethicists, lawyers, and activists come together to present the case for the legalization of physician-assisted dying, for terminally ill patients who voluntarily request it. To counter the arguments and assumptions of those opposed to legalization of assisted suicide, the contributors examine ethical arguments concerning self-determination and the relief of suffering; analyze empirical data from Oregon and the Netherlands; describe their personal experiences as physicians, family members, and patients; assess the legal and ethical responsibilities of the physician; and discuss the role of pain, depression, faith, and dignity in this decision. Together, the essays in this volume present strong arguments for the ethical acceptance and legal recognition of the practice of physician-assisted dying as a last resort -- not as an alternative to excellent palliative care but as an important possibility for patients who seek it.


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Download or read book Physician-Assisted Dying written by Timothy E. Quill and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, a distinguished group of physicians, ethicists, lawyers, and activists come together to present the case for the legalization of physician-assisted dying, for terminally ill patients who voluntarily request it. To counter the arguments and assumptions of those opposed to legalization of assisted suicide, the contributors examine ethical arguments concerning self-determination and the relief of suffering; analyze empirical data from Oregon and the Netherlands; describe their personal experiences as physicians, family members, and patients; assess the legal and ethical responsibilities of the physician; and discuss the role of pain, depression, faith, and dignity in this decision. Together, the essays in this volume present strong arguments for the ethical acceptance and legal recognition of the practice of physician-assisted dying as a last resort -- not as an alternative to excellent palliative care but as an important possibility for patients who seek it.


Terminal Sedation: Euthanasia in Disguise?

Terminal Sedation: Euthanasia in Disguise?

Author: Torbjörn Tännsjö

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1402021240

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TERMINAL SEDATION DURING THE 1990s During the 1990s a discussion took place in scholarly journals concerning a measure within palliative care that had earlier attracted little attention, to wit, the sedation of dying patients. There seem to have been two main reasons why the practice came under debate. On the one hand, some people felt that, when palliative medicine had advanced and methods to control symptoms had improved, it was no longer justified to sedate the patients in a manner that had often been done in the past. The system of 1 terminal sedation had turned into ‘euthanasia in disguise’ or ‘slow euthanasia’. On the other hand, there were people sympathetic to the recently established Dutch system of euthanasia, people who agreed that terminal sedation was euthanasia in disguise, but who felt that, if it is not objectionable to sedate dying patients at their request, then why should it not be permitted for doctors to kill dying patients at 2 request? From these two motives a discussion about terminal sedation gained momentum. The intention behind this anthology is to continue and deepen this discussion. The anthology starts off with a chapter where an influential article from the 1990s has been reprinted.


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Download or read book Terminal Sedation: Euthanasia in Disguise? written by Torbjörn Tännsjö and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TERMINAL SEDATION DURING THE 1990s During the 1990s a discussion took place in scholarly journals concerning a measure within palliative care that had earlier attracted little attention, to wit, the sedation of dying patients. There seem to have been two main reasons why the practice came under debate. On the one hand, some people felt that, when palliative medicine had advanced and methods to control symptoms had improved, it was no longer justified to sedate the patients in a manner that had often been done in the past. The system of 1 terminal sedation had turned into ‘euthanasia in disguise’ or ‘slow euthanasia’. On the other hand, there were people sympathetic to the recently established Dutch system of euthanasia, people who agreed that terminal sedation was euthanasia in disguise, but who felt that, if it is not objectionable to sedate dying patients at their request, then why should it not be permitted for doctors to kill dying patients at 2 request? From these two motives a discussion about terminal sedation gained momentum. The intention behind this anthology is to continue and deepen this discussion. The anthology starts off with a chapter where an influential article from the 1990s has been reprinted.