Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation
Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation
复制标题
安乐死、伦理和公共政策:反对合法化的争论
作者:
Tony Sheldon
One exasperated Amsterdam general practitioner recently said to me: “Do we know enough about subcutaneous morphine? The [euthanasia] law demands we investigate all reasonable alternatives.”
![][1]
John Keown
Cambridge University Press, £16.95, pp 338 ISBN 0 521 00933 2
Rating: ![Graphic][2] ![Graphic][3] ![Graphic][4]
This remark illustrates how Dutch doctors, working in the first society in the world that has effectively decriminalised mercy killing, are concerned about practising at the frontiers of medical ethics. But not concerned enough for John Keown, senior lecturer in the law and ethics of medicine at …
[1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif
[2]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif
[3]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif
[4]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif