Euthanasia and death with dignity: still poised on the fulcrum of homicide.
This article questions whether the law of homicide is an appropriate mechanism to adjudicate the humanitarian issues involved in voluntary euthanasia; particularly where painful protracted dying appears inherently more harmful than euthanasia. The author suggests that even if euthanasia can provide death with dignity this will not be achieved while the law requires the undignified criminalisation of the practitioner.
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Kent Law School, UK.
D003416:Criminal Law; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom