The Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, 2004

Tallis, Raymond; Saunders, John

doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.4-6-534

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“…While this may be attributable to a variety of reasons—they may have changed their minds, their disease may have progressed differently than anticipated—it has been suggested that some of those patients had derived considerable benefit from having the ‘insurance’ that the prescription was available should their symptoms ever become intolerable. Indeed, it has been suggested that this knowledge ‘may be sufficient in itself to resolve some symptoms.’20…”

Section: Double Effect In New Zealandmentioning

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Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by ‘double effect’? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case

Gavaghan

King

2016

J Med Ethics

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While the Doctrine of Double Effect (DDE) remains controversial in ethical circles, it continues to be recognised in common law courts. In 2015, the High Court of New Zealand became the latest to acknowledge the existence of the DDE, in a case that challenged the prohibition on physician assisted dying. In so doing, the possibility was raised that the DDE could potentially be used in an untraditional way to provide a prima facie justification of "facilitated aid in dying" (FAID) in some cases.In this article, we develop and offer justification for this line of reasoning. If it can be shown that FAID sometimes satisfies the conditions for DDE, this, we suggest, may have significant implications for the aid in dying debate, not only in New Zealand, but more widely. Even if all of the elements of the DDE are not met in such cases, though, we suggest that one of those elements - the doctor's intent in providing FAID - may not always be such as to attract moral blame or criminal culpability.

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Section: Double Effect In New Zealandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by ‘double effect’? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case

Gavaghan

King

2016

J Med Ethics

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“…5 15 19 In the state of Oregon, where the 1997 Death with Dignity Act legalised assisted dying, only 60% of people who get a ''lethal'' prescription actually use it. 15 It is suggested that the knowledge that assisted dying is available may itself aid wellbeing and reassurance (of the facility to control death). 15 19 Public opinion Medical professionals supporting assisted dying often relate to the wider public opinion on this issue that seems to favour assisted dying.…”

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Assisted dying: the ongoing debate

Harris

Richard

Khanna

2006

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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“…It was as a result of this division of opinion that the College has presented views for and against the Bill both to the House of Lord's Select Committee and by publication in Clinical Medicine. 1 The College is not indifferent to this critical issue.…”

Section: The Position Of the Royal College Of Physicians On Assisted mentioning

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The position of the Royal College of Physicians on assisted dying

Watkins¹

2005

Clinical Medicine

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The Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, 2004

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by ‘double effect’? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case

Can facilitated aid in dying be permitted by ‘double effect’? Some reflections from a recent New Zealand case

Assisted dying: the ongoing debate

The position of the Royal College of Physicians on assisted dying

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