Acts, omissions, intentions and motives: A philosophical examination of the moral distinction between killing and letting die

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 865-873

  Begley, Ann Marie ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acts; Ethics; Intentions; Medicine; Motives; Nursing; Omissions

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; BEHAVIOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

DOUBLE EFFECT; ETHICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MOTIVATION; NORTHERN IRELAND; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032177576     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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