End games: Euthanasia under interminable scrutiny


Autoria(s): Parker, Malcolm
Contribuinte(s)

U. Schueklenk

R. Chadwick

Data(s)

01/10/2005

Resumo

It is increasingly asserted that the disagreements of abstract principle between adversaries in the euthanasia debate fail to account for the complex, particular and ambiguous experiences of people at the end of their lives. A greater research effort into experiences, meaning, connection, vulnerability and motivation is advocated, during which the euthanasia 'question' should remain open. I argue that this is a normative strategy, which is felicitous to the status quo and further medicalises the end of life, but which masquerades as a value-neutral assertion about needing more knowledge.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:76941

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

International Association of Bioethics

Palavras-Chave #Medical Ethics #Ethics #Social Sciences, Biomedical #Physician-assisted Suicide #Demoralization Syndrome #Death #Bioethics #Desire #Care #Die #Perspective #Depression #C1 #321213 Human Bioethics #750403 Bioethics
Tipo

Journal Article