Tallis's slippery slope

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 May 2011 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 342, pages d3182-d3182 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: John, Keown;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3182

pmid: 21613343

Tallis's slippery slope

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Abstract

Tallis’s argument about changing the law on assisted dying invites at least three comments.1 He claims that being able to “determine what is in your own best interest when you are of sound mind” is a fundamental principle of medicine and that “Nobody else’s views should be able to over-ride this right.” …

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Georgetown University
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Keywords

Persons with Disabilities, Humans, Terminally Ill, Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary, Suicide, Assisted

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