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O'Neill, Onora. Questions of Life and Death
2008, The Lancet 372:1291-1292.
Topics: Law and Public Policy; Mental States and Processes; Normative Ethics
Keywords: assisted suicide; death; dying
Traditions: Analytic; European
Languages: English

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Added by: Clotilde Torregrossa, Contributed by: Simon Fokt

Abstract: In Easeful Death: Is There a Case for Assisted Dying? Mary and Elisabeth Macdonald set out with exemplary clarity reasons for prohibiting or permitting physicians to 'help' patients to die. Their arguments are cogent, illuminating, and in many ways convincing. Yet I find myself disagreeing with their conclusion that assisted dying should be made lawful, and will set out why.
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