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    The case for physician assisted suicide: how can it possibly be proven?

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    Dahl, E; Levy, N
    Date
    2006-06-01
    Source Title
    JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
    Publisher
    B M J PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    LEVY, NEIL
    Affiliation
    Philosophy, Anthropology And Social Inquiry
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    Journal Article
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    Dahl, E. & Levy, N. (2006). The case for physician assisted suicide: how can it possibly be proven?. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS, 32 (6), pp.335-338. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2005.012864.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/25525
    DOI
    10.1136/jme.2005.012864
    Open Access at PMC
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563370
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    Abstract
    In her paper, The case for physician assisted suicide: not (yet) proven, Bonnie Steinbock argues that the experience with Oregon's Death with Dignity Act fails to demonstrate that the benefits of legalising physician assisted suicide outweigh its risks. Given that her verdict is based on a small number of highly controversial cases that will most likely occur under any regime of legally implemented safeguards, she renders it virtually impossible to prove the case for physician assisted suicide. In this brief paper, we suggest some ways that may enable us to weigh the risks and benefits of legalisation more fairly and, hopefully, allow us to close the case for physician assisted suicide.
    Keywords
    Applied Ethics (incl. Bioethics and Environmental Ethics); Bioethics

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