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By Margaret Otlowski
Margaret Otlowski tackles the complicated and arguable factor of lively voluntary euthanasia and argues convincingly for a reform of the felony legislation prohibition in universal legislations jurisdictions. Otlowski significantly examines the stern criminal state of affairs on euthanasia, which treats medically assisted loss of life as homicide, and contrasts it with the location in perform. by means of highlighting the leniency proven to the few medical professionals who've truly been prosecuted for helping their sufferers to die, she issues to the discrepancy among the legislation and scientific perform and argues for reform. the numerous arguments raised within the euthanasia debate are thought of, as are steps taken in the direction of reform within the united kingdom, united states, Canada, and the Netherlands (where energetic euthanasia in now brazenly practised).
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Oxford University Press 1997. Published 1997 by Oxford University Press.
Published 1997 by Oxford University Press.
Voluntary Euthanasia and the Common Law. Margaret Otlowski. © Oxford University Press 1997. Published 1997 by Oxford University Press.