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100	1		_aBiggs, Hazel _998012
245	1	0	_aEuthanasia, death with dignity, and the law _h[electronic resource] _cHazel Biggs.
260			_aNew York _bHart _c2001
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 187 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Table of Cases xi -- Table of legislation xv -- Introduction: Medicine Men, Outlaws and Voluntary Euthanasia 1 -- 1. To Kill or not to Kill; is that the Euthanasia Question? 9 -- Introduction-Why Euthanasia? 9 -- Dead or alive? 16 -- Euthanasia as Homicide 25 -- Euthanasia as Death with Dignity 29 -- 2. Euthanasia and Clinically assisted Death: from Caring to Killing? 35 -- Introduction 35 -- The Indefinite Continuation of Palliative Treatment 38 -- Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment 44 -- The Principle of Double Effect 54 -- Physician Assisted Suicide 60 -- Mercy Killing 64 -- Conclusions 66 -- 3. Consent to Treatment but Not to Death 69 -- Introduction-Why Consent? 69 -- Without Consent 70 -- Killing and Consent 73 -- Valid Consent, Freely Given? 74 -- Old Enough to Consent 80 -- Deciding for Others 82 -- Conclusions-A Consent Too Far? 93 -- 4. Autonomy, Self-determination and Self-destruction 95 -- Introduction-Autonomous Choices 95 -- Choosing to Die-Suicide and Autonomy 100 -- Suicidal Intentions 107 -- Autonomous Clinical Discretion 110 -- Deciding to Live or Die-Whose Decision? 112 -- 5. Living Wills and the Will to Die 115 -- Introduction 115 -- I Know My Will 118 -- This is My Will 121 -- I Will Decide 128 -- Will My Will be Done? 134 -- Where There's a Will 137 -- Conclusions 143 -- 6. Is Euthanasia a Dignified Death? 145 -- Introduction-Why Dignity? 145 -- Needing Dignity 146 -- Finding Dignity 149 -- Achieving Dignity in Dying 151 -- Dignifying Death 157 -- 7. Conclusions: Dignified Life, Dignified Death and Dignified Law 165 -- Select Bibliography 175 -- Index 183.
530			_aAlso issued in print.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bLondon : _cBloomsbury Publishing, _d2014. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess limited by licensing agreement. _7s2014 dcunns
650		0	_aEuthanasia _xLaw and legislation. _977183
650		0	_aEuthanasia. _998013
650		0	_aEuthanasia _xMoral and ethical aspects. _998014
776	0		_aOriginal _w(DLC) 2002279426
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781472562418 _3Bloomsbury Collections
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