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`Aid-in-dying': The social dimensions.

Authors :
Callahan, D.
Source :
Commonweal. 8/9/91, Vol. 118 Issue 14, Supplement p12. 5p. 2 Illustrations.
Publication Year :
1991

Abstract

Considers the social dimensions of Washington state's Initiative 119 which allows doctors to provide `aid-in-dying' to certain patients. How all civilized societies have developed laws to reduce the occasions on which one person is allowed to kill another person; Why the principle of freedom should not be extended to assisted suicide or active euthanasia; How such practices threaten the future security of the living.

Subjects

Subjects :
*RIGHT to die

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00103330
Volume :
118
Issue :
14
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Commonweal
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9109092074