ATS1264 Study Guide - Final Guide: Advance Healthcare Directive, Daniel Callahan, Palliative Sedation
5 Dec 2018
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Sanctity of life - all human life is valuable, no life intentionally taken away. Shift to qol framework --> measure the value of life against its quality -- life worth living: raises questions about role of physicians, priority of medicine. Euthanasia: a good death, killing someone else for their own benefit/in their own interests (not concentration camps in. Ww2) --> how you think about the killing is key question: voluntary (requested assistance in dying - from doctor/family members, given consent) Involuntary (killed but hasn"t asked to be killed --> doctor might make a judgment of their interests on their behalf: non-voluntary - grey zone between voluntary and involuntary - hard to determine if someone has given adequate consent. It may matter who is the one being killed. Existential suffering/distress - hopelessness, burden to others, loss of sense of dignity, desire for death or loss of will to live. Daniel callahan - a case against physician assisted dying reading.
