Report: Euthanasia and the artificial preservation of life

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Date: 2004-09-15 18:00:00 Homicide Medical ethics Voluntary euthanasia Assisted suicide Legality of euthanasia Dignity in Dying Ethics Euthanasia Disability rights		Report: Euthanasia and the artificial preservation of life Add to Reading List Source URL: www.justice.gov.za Download Document from Source Website File Size: 548,05 KB Share Document on Facebook

	Background Deﬁnitions: Euthanasia is to intentionally cause death, for allegedly merciful reasons, by an action or omission of an action. Assisted suicide is to knowingly provide the means for a person to kill him or DocID: 1tqvX - View Document
	Eight Reasons not to legalize Physician Assisted Suicide 1 1. Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) would not address the urgent needs of the dying One attraction of PAS is that it is thought to address the suffering of the d DocID: 1tmrD - View Document
	Medical Assistance in Dying (formerly Physician Assisted Death) On February 6, 2015, in the case of Carter vs Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that physicians could assist in the suicide of “competent” adult DocID: 1tfJl - View Document
	Some Oregon Assisted Suicide Abuses and Complications "We are not given the resources to investigate [assisted-suicide cases] and not only do we not have the resources to do it, but we do not have any legal authority to DocID: 1t3Wx - View Document
	State of Utah Legislature House Health and Human Services Standing Committee July 13, 2016 Hearing 1:15 pm Vote No on HB 264 – Assisted Suicide Legislation From Dr. Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr. MD, Radiation Oncologist, DocID: 1t2Wr - View Document