The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined

Satz, Ani B.

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The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined

Ani B. Satz

Emory University School of Law; Rollins School of Public Health; Center for Ethics; Georgetown University Law Center

2002

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 6, 2002

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This Review Article examines the dominant legal and ethical arguments for and against assisted suicide. The Article argues that common practice of medicine and conceptual claims against assisted suicide do not withstand philosophical scrutiny.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 28

Keywords: assisted suicide, access to health care, autonomy, palliative care, acts and omissions

JEL Classification: 100

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Date posted: September 8, 2009

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Satz, Ani B. , The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined (2002). Michigan Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 6, 2002. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1468722

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Ani B. Satz (Contact Author) Emory University School of Law ( email ) 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 United States HOME PAGE: http://www.law.emory.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/ani-b-satz.html
Rollins School of Public Health ( email ) ( email ) Atlanta, GA 30322 United States
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The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined

Ani B. Satz

Date posted: September 8, 2009

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