HPSC1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Terri Schiavo Case, Global Brain, Slippery Slope
24 May 2018
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Lecture 10: more on killing and letting die
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Karen Quinlan
- In a coma
- Dotos efuse to tu off etaodia eas at fail’s euest
- NJSC permit it
- Focuses attention on living wills
Natural Death Act
• the image of Karen Quinlan haunts our dreams. For many the ultimate horror is not
death, but the possibility of being maintained in limbo in a sterile room, by machines
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Terri Schiavo
- cardiac arrest
- 1998 husband petitions for removal of feeding tube but parents oppose
- No living will
- Arguments over inheritance
- Arguments over what she would have wanted
PVS
• Very low global brain metabolism
• Minimally conscious
• Does it matter what the patient feels, if anything?
Arguments against active euthanasia
- Delie i the satit of life takig atie steps to ed soeoe’s life uatuall,
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- Devalues some type of lives- (and experiences)- disability rights groups against
- Slippery slope (not able to be regulated)
- Undetermined interests- and other people have rights too
- Palliative care makes it unnecessary
- Changes health care provider-patient relationships (sacred cord)
- Discourage medical progress
- Greater likelihood of injustice for disadvantaged group
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