Euthanasia by Confusion

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Professor in the Faculty of Medicine
Founding Director of the Faculty of Law's Centre for Medicine,
Ethics and Law at McGill University

Which terms are used?

Is the euthanasia debate best by confusion?

 

"Euthanasia by Confusion" (1997) 20:3  University of New South Wales Law Journal  550-575; abbreviated version also published in Policy Options, 1997, 18(10):21-24; in The Advocate, 1998, 56 (6): 875-884; in Review Catholic Health Association of Canada, 1998; 26(1):3-10

  • euthanasia
  • legislation
  • palliative care

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