Assisted dying
Subtitle: reflections on the need for law reform
By: Sheila A.M. McLean.
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781844720552; 9781844720545
Subjects: Euthanasia -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain; Right to die -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Description: "Scientific and clinical advances, social and political developments and the impact of healthcare on our lives raise profound ethical and legal questions. Medical law and ethics have become central to our understanding of these problems, and are important tools for the analysis and resolution of problems - real or imagined. This books is analytical, with a key target audience of lawyers, doctors, nurses and the intelligent lay public."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An outline of the debate; title: An evaluation of the arguments for and against legalisation; title: Choosing death; title: Choosing death for others; title: The United Kingdom position; title: Is there a way forward?.