PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Disclose, Health Professional, Outline Of Health Sciences
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Euthanasia: gloria carter passed away recently from als, and she wanted to have physician-assisted suicide. She sued the government of canada, and in a groundbreaking s. c. decision, it was decided that the state denial of her desire to physician-assisted suicide was an infringement of her charter rights. The government has until february 6 for this law to no longer be valid. Trudeau wants to implement an all-party committee to sort out the regulatory questions surrounding this issue. He will ask for an extension from the s. c. to think out these questions: governments seem to be avoiding this hot-potato question. The scienti c enlightenment changed philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the questions changed, as did our understanding our ourselves and our place in the world. This is the dawn of bioethics, as a topic. Bioethics is the exploration of the moral questions that arise given our biological nature.
