Advance Euthanasia Directives and the Dutch prosecution
In a recent Dutch euthanasia case, a woman underwent euthanasia on the basis of an advance directive, having first been sedated without her knowledge and then restrained by members of her family while the euthanasia was administered. This article considers some implications of the criminal court's acquittal of the doctor who performed the euthanasia. Supporters of advance euthanasia directives have welcomed the judgement as providing a clarification of the law, especially with regard to the admissibility of contextual evidence in interpreting advance euthanasia directives, but suggested that t... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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BMJ Publishing Group
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Schlagwörter: | J General legislative and executive papers / JA Political science (General) / K Law (General) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26634877 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/7835/ |