LESSON 18 Flashcards
Health care practitioner ‘deliberately hastens death of a patient’
Mercy killing
Practice prohibited under homicide law
Mercy killing
“Consent and humanitarian motive” is never a defense under the law of murder
Mercy killing
It is never a defense under the law for murder
Consent and humanitarian motive
Extension of personal autonomy - to live our life according to our own vision, unrestricted by views of others
Duty oriented
Our lives are not ours but gifts from God; to take our life is to destroy what belongs to God
Religious grounds
What argument: concern and compassion for those painfully / terminally ill
Arguments for
What argument: our lives are not ours but gift from God
Arguments against
What argument: how does one decide euthanasia is appropriate for another?
Arguments against
This oath encourages doctors to care and never harm those under their care
Hippocratic Oath
A movement that encourages legislatures to ‘allow people to decide how they want to die’
Death with dignity
Provide a palliative care, abatement of pain, and environment that encourages dignity
Hospice program
