| Assisted Dying: Reflections on the Need for Law Reform Contributor(s): McLean, Sheila (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844720543 ISBN-13: 9781844720545 Publisher: Routledge Cavendish OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Assisted Dying explores the law relating to euthanasia and assisted suicide, tracing its development from prohibition through to the laissez faire attitude adopted in a number of countries in the 21st Century. This book provides an in-depth critique of the arguments surrounding legislative control of such practices and particularly looks into the regulatory role of the state. In the classical tradition of libertarianism, the state is generally presumed to have a remit to intervene where an individuals actions, threaten another rather than harm the individuals themselves. This arguably leaving a question mark over the states determined intervention, in the UK and elsewhere, into the private and highly personal choices of individual to die rather than live. The perceived role of the state in safeguarding the moral values of the community and the need for third party involvement in assisted suicide and euthanasia could be thought to raise these practices to a different level. These considerationsmay be in direct conflict with the so called right to die espoused by some individuals and groups within the community. However this book will argue that the states interests are and should be second to the interests that the people themselves have in choosing their own death. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Right To Die - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Law | Health |
| Dewey: 344.410 |
| LCCN: 2007020938 |
| Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.48" W x 9.18" (0.77 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Assisted Dying explores the law relating to euthanasia and assisted suicide, tracing its development from prohibition through to the laissez faire attitude adopted in a number of countries in the 21st Century. This book provides an in-depth critique of the arguments surrounding legislative control of such practices and particularly looks into the regulatory role of the state. In the classical tradition of libertarianism, the state is generally presumed to have a remit to intervene where an individual's actions threaten another, rather than harm the individuals themselves. This arguably leaves a question mark over the state's determined intervention, in the UK and elsewhere, into the private and highly personal choices of individuals to die rather than live. The perceived role of the state in safeguarding the moral values of the community and the need for third party involvement in assisted suicide and euthanasia could be thought to raise these practices to a different level. These considerations may be in direct conflict with the so called right to die espoused by some individuals and groups within the community. However this book will argue that the state's interests are and should be second to the interests that the people themselves have in choosing their own death. Assisted Dying is winner of the The Minty Prize of the Society of Authors, and winner of the Royal Society of Medicine Book Awards, 2008 |