Dying Justice [electronic resource] : A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada / Jocelyn Downie.
In Dying Justice, Jocelyn Downie provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of significant developments in the current legal status of assisted death in Canada.
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University of Toronto Press,
2016, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: What the Law Is
- 1. The Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment from Competent Persons
- 2. The Provision of Potentially Life-Shortening Palliative Treatment
- 3. Assisted Suicide
- 4. Euthanasia
- Part Two: What the Law Should be for the Voluntary Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Overview
- 5. The Values
- 6. Resolution of Conflicts among Values
- 7. A Legal Regime for the Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment from Competent Individuals
- Part Three: What the Law Should Be for Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Euthanasia
- Overview
- 8. Unsustainable Distinctions
- 9. Inconsistencies across Categories of Assisted Death
- 10. Invalid Arguments
- 11. Slippery Slope Arguments
- 12. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Appendix: Active Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Crown Counsel Policy Manual, Province of British Columbia
- Notes
- Index