Euthanasia and the law

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 317-325

  Brazier, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030004110     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011546     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. See Mason JK, McCall Smith RA. Law and medical ethics 4th edn. London: Butterworths 1994: pp 316-7
2. Article 2(1) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
3. Abortion Act 1967 section 1(1)(d) as amended by section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; see Brazier M. Medicine, patients and the law 2nd edn. London: Penguin 1992: pp 302-4
4. Abortion Act 1967 section 1(1)(d) as amended by section 37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; see Brazier M. Medicine, patients and the law 2nd edn. London: Penguin 1992: pp 302-4
5. R vs Cambridge Health Authority ex p B. All Engl Rep&D 1995; 2: 129
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7. Re J (a minor) (wardship: medical treatment). All Engl Rep 1990; 3: 930
8. At p 938 per Lord Donaldson MR
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10. Re T (adult: refusal of medical treatment). All Engl Rep 1992; 4 649, at p 664 per Lord Donaldson MR
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13. Re T (above); Re C (refusal of medical treatment) All Engl Rep 1994; 1 819; Malette vs Shulman. Dominion Law Rep (4th) 1990; 67 321. See also Law Commission Report No. 231 Mental incapacity. London: HMSO 1995, recommending granting statutory force to advance directives
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15. Article 3
16. Article 8. A number of judgments expressly seek to balance respect for the right to life with a right to 'human dignity'; see Airedale NHS Trust vs Bland. All Engl Rep 1993; 1: 821 at p. 855 per Hoffmann LJ. in the English Court of Appeal; Rodriguez vs A-G of British Columbia. WWR 1993; 3: 553, per Cory J in the Canadian Supreme Court
17. Article 8. A number of judgments expressly seek to balance respect for the right to life with a right to 'human dignity'; see Airedale NHS Trust vs Bland. All Engl Rep 1993; 1: 821 at p. 855 per Hoffmann LJ. in the English Court of Appeal; Rodriguez vs A-G of British Columbia. WWR 1993; 3: 553, per Cory J in the Canadian Supreme Court
18. Re T (above) at p 661 per Lord Donaldson MR. See generally, Kennedy I, Grubb A. Medical law-text with materials. 2nd edn. London: Butterworths, 1994: pp 1197-9
19. Report of the Select Committee of Medical Ethics HL 21-1. London: HMSO, 1993: para 34
20. &I:op cit&D: see para 237
21. &I:op cit&D: at para 238
22. &I:op cit&D: at para 239
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25. Criminal Law Rev 1957; 365; see generally Brazier M. op. cit. at pp 446-7.
26. Criminal Law Rev 1957; 365; see generally Brazier M. op. cit. at pp 446-7.