Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy : an argument against legislation / John Keown.
2002
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Author
Title
Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy : an argument against legislation / John Keown.
Published
Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Call Number
RA418 .K46 2002
ISBN
0521804167
Description
xx, 318 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)179280878
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-302) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Table of cases
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1
Pt. I
Definitions
7
1'Voluntary euthanasia'
9
2Intended v. foreseen life-shortening
18
3'Physician-assisted suicide'
31
Pt. II
The ethical debate: human life, autonomy, legal hypocrisy, and the slippery slope
37
4The value of human life
39
5The value of autonomy
52
6Legal hypocrisy?
58
7The slippery slope arguments
70
Pt. III
The Dutch experience: controlling VAE? condoning NVAE?
81
8The guidelines
83
9The first Survey: the incidence of 'euthanasia'
91
10Breach of the guidelines
103
11The slide towards NVAE
115
12The second Survey
125
13The Dutch in denial?
136
Pt. IV
Australia and the United States
151
14The Northern Territory: ROTTI
153
15Oregon: the Death with Dignity Act
167
Pt. V
Expert opinion
181
16Expert committees
183
17Supreme Courts
191
18Medical associations
208
Pt. VI
Passive euthanasia: withholding/withdrawing treatment and tube-feeding with intent to kill
215
19The Tony Bland case
217
20Beyond Bland: the BMA guidance on withholding/withdrawing medical treatment
239
21The Winterton Bill
260
Conclusions
273
Afterword
282
Bibliography
292
Index
303