PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Barbiturate, Thought Experiment, Palliative Care
7 Mar 2016
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As of 2008, active euthanasia is legally permissible in belgium, (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Luxemburg, the netherlands, switzerland, the us state of oregon, the. Autonomous community of andalusia (spain), and thailand. (small countries) The oregon experiment so legal that the state covers it for you. In can on february 6th, 2015, the supreme court voted in (cid:1) favor of assisted suicide/death (from medical doctors) Rodrigues vs. british colombia 1993 the supreme court upheld the blanket prohibition of assisted suicide: illegal no matter what the medical condition is. The supreme court has given a year to the legislators to come up with a legal bill. Safeguards such as intolerable pain, informed consent, (cid:1) informed decision as to the diagnosis and prognosis, palliative care interventions (don"t have to lead to physician-assisted suicide), etc. In quebec bill 52 allows physician-assisted death (june. 2014: dying with dignity report, qc, march 2012 (link)
