Glenys Williams

Intention and Causation in Medical Non-Killing

The Impact of Criminal Law Concepts on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing the criminal concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this book explores a range of disciplines and offers an alternative legal framework based on grading different categories of killing into a formalized justificatory defence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge-Cavendish
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781844720279
• ISBN-10: 1844720276
• Artikelnr.: 21840988

Autorenporträt

Glenys Williams is at the Department of Law, University of Wales Aberystwyth.

Inhaltsangabe

The Concept of Intention. The Principle of Double Effect. Acts and
Omissions. Causation. Is a Patient who Refuses Treatment Committing
Suicide? Does a Doctor who Withdraws Treatment Assist in a Patient's
Suicide? Reforms and the Future