Overview
Many advocates of euthanasia consider the criminal law to be an inappropriate medium to adjudicate the profound ethical and humanitarian dilemmas associated with end of life decisions. 'Euthanasia,Death with Dignity and the Law' examines the legal response to euthanasia and end of life decisions and considers whether legal reform is an appropriate response to calls for euthanasia to be more readily available as a mechanism for providing death with dignity. Through an analysis of consent to treatment, living wills and autonomous medical decision making, euthanasia is carefully located within its legal, medical, and social contexts. This book focuses on the impact of euthanasia on the dignity of both the recipient and the practitioner while emphasising the legal, professional, and ethical implications of euthanasia and its significance for the exercise of clinical discretion. It will provide a valuable addition to the euthanasia debate.
Full Product Details
Author: Hazel Biggs
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.466kg
ISBN: 9781841130910
ISBN 10: 1841130915
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 09 October 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
...a timely contribution the non-law reader will find the author's overview accessible succeeds in presenting complex issues in an approachable way and will undoubtedly stimulate further exploration of this troublesome area. Wendy E. Hiscox Cambridge Law Journal October 2001 The author certainly succeeds to encapsulate and address the most important philosophical, ethical and legal issues pertaining to the modern, but contentious euthanasia debate. The book comes highly recommended and provides a valuable addition to the euthanasia debate. P A Carstens, University of Pretoria Stellenbosch Law Review October 2001
a timely contribution the non-law reader will find the author's overview accessiblesucceeds in presenting complex issues in an approachable way and will undoubtedly stimulate further exploration of this troublesome area.Wendy E. HiscoxCambridge Law JournalOctober 2001The author certainly succeeds to encapsulate and address the most important philosophical, ethical and legal issues pertaining to the modern, but contentious euthanasia debate.The book comes highly recommended and provides a valuable addition to the euthanasia debate.P A Carstens, University of PretoriaStellenbosch Law ReviewOctober 2001
Author Information
Hazel Biggs is a Lecturer in Law at the Kent Law School,University of Kent.
