PHI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Terri Schiavo Case, Involuntary Euthanasia, Voluntary Euthanasia
17 Nov 2017
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Directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person"s sake. Euthanasia performed on a person with his or her permission. A legal document allowing physicians to withhold or withdraw treatments if a patient becomes terminally ill and unable to express his or her wishes. Euthanasia performed on a person who is not competent to decide the issue and has left no instructions regarding end-of-life preferences. Euthanasia performed on a person against his or her wishes. Euthanasia performed by taking a direct action to cause someone"s death; Euthanasia performed by withholding or withdrawing measures necessary for sustaining life. The killing of a person by that person"s own hand with the help of a physician. Traditional notion of death: there is no respiration and no heartbeat. An individual is dead when all brain functions (including those performed in the brain stem) permanently stop. An individual is dead when higher brain functions that give rise to consciousness permanently stop.
