Assisted suicide: still a wonderful life?

Examines debate over legalizing suicide for the terminally ill; focus on the difficulty of legalizing an act for only one group of people; US. Includes public policy, constitutional, and moral aspects.

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Published in:The Notre Dame law review 1995, Vol.70 (3), p.519-580
Main Authors: Chopko, Mark E, Moses, Michael F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Induced
Altruism
Assisted suicide
Beneficence
Bioethics
Civil Rights
Coercion
Democracy
Ethics
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Passive
Freedom
Government Regulation
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Jurisprudence
Kevorkian
Legal aspects
Legal status, laws, etc
Medical sector
Mental Competency
Pain
Palliative Care
Personal Autonomy
Physicians
Public Policy
Right to Die
Social Change
Social Control, Formal
Social Justice
Social Welfare
Suicide
Suicide, Assisted
Supreme Court Decisions
Terminally Ill
Treatment Refusal
United States
Value of Life
Wedge Argument
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Summary:Examines debate over legalizing suicide for the terminally ill; focus on the difficulty of legalizing an act for only one group of people; US. Includes public policy, constitutional, and moral aspects.
ISSN:0745-3515