Right to die or duty to live? The problem of euthanasia

Journal of Applied Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-32

  Grey, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENEFICENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AUSTRALIA; BENEFICENCE; DOUBLE EFFECT; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RIGHT TO DIE; VALUE OF LIFE; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

EID: 0033489528     PISSN: 02643758     EISSN: 14685930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5930.00105     Document Type: Article

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