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Author:

Downie, Jocelyn Grant, 1962-

Title:

Dying justice : a case for decriminalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada / Jocelyn Downie.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 201 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Canada.
Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Canada.
Decriminalization--Canada.
Euthanasie--Droit--Canada.
Aide au suicide--Droit--Canada.
Décriminalisation--Canada.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The withholding and withdrawal of potentially life-sustaining treatment from competent persons -- The provision of potentially life-shortening palliative treatment -- Assisted suicide -- Euthanasia -- The values -- Resolution of conflicts among values -- A legal regime for withholding and withdrawal of potentially life-sustaining treatment from competent individuals -- Unsustainable distinctions -- Inconsistencies across categories of assisted death -- Invalid arguments -- Slippery slope arguments -- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

ISBN:

9780802037602
0802037607

LCCN:

2004557571

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)