PHIL 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Terri Schiavo Case, Voluntary Euthanasia, Involuntary Euthanasia
16 Aug 2016
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1990 jack kevorkian (and his device to help with assisted suicide) 1993 robert latimer and tracy latimer case. 1993 sue rodriguez v. british columbia (1993) in canada. 2002 legalization of euthanasia in belgium, legalization of euthanasia in the netherlands. 2008 legalization of euthanasia in luxembourg, legalization of euthanasia in switzerland. 2014 (june) quebec becomes the rst provence to set right to die legislation. 2015 (february) carter v. canada (ag): adults with grievous and irremediable medical conditions are entitle to physician assisted suicide (to take effect in june 2016) 2015 (december) quebec"s court of appeal maintains quebec"s right to allow terminally ill patients the choice to die with medical help. Active > direct > vade [voluntary assisted direct suicide] practised to a patient who has the will to be euthanized (could agree to it but physically unable to do so) Indirect > vaie [voluntary active indirect euthanasia]
