Assisted dying and legal change / Penney Lewis.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Right to die -- Law and legislation.

Euthanasia -- Law and legislation.

Medical laws and legislation.

Assisted suicide -- Law and legislation.

1. Introduction --2. Rights to assisted dying --3. The effects of rights --4. Duties and necessity --5. Compassion --6. Comparing the mechanisms of legal change --7. The slippery slope.

The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated, by judges and commentators alike, as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. This book seeks to demonstrate the need to explore the legal environment in which assisted dying is performed or proposed in order to evaluate the relevance of a particular legal experience to other jurisdictions.

Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (p. 189-211), and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. (Oxford Scholarship Online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format. Access restricted to subscribing institutions.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780199212873

xxxii, 217 p. ; 24 cm