PHLB07H3 Lecture 7: Detailed Lecture #7 Notes
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Week 4 lecture #7: monday january 23, 2016. The moral status of euthanasia - dan brock, voluntary active euthanasia . Euthanasia a legal problem that has changed. Euthanasia and hippocratic ethics: euthanasia = greek for a good (eu-) death (thanatos), usually refers to mercy killing, typically for the good of the patient. The good death: hippocratic oath (original): i will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will i make a suggestion to this effect. The moral role of doctors was to heal: primum non nocere above all, do no harm. Sungeun grace lee: developed terminal brain cancer at the age of 27, although severely physically debilitated, she remained sound of mind conscious and. Progressive rapidly competent: as her condition worsened, she requested that her breathing tube be removed. A legal battle ensued with her parents fighting to keep her intubated.
