title: Assisted suicide and human rights.
abstract: The case of R (Pretty) v. Director of Public Prosecutions, gave the House of Lords the opportunity to comment on the issues surrounding the application of the European Convention on Human Rights to the crime of assisted suicide in the case of the terminally ill. A conservative approach was taken in relation to both this issue and indeed in relation to the possibilities of judicial control of the Law Officers of the Crown.
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgen, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yeates
mesh_terms: D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom