The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined

28 Pages Posted: 8 Sep 2009

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Ani B. Satz

Emory University School of Law; Rollins School of Public Health; Center for Ethics; Emory University - Goizueta Business School

Date Written: 2002

Abstract

This Review Article examines the dominant legal and ethical arguments for and against assisted suicide. The Article argues that common practice of medicine and conceptual claims against assisted suicide do not withstand philosophical scrutiny.

Keywords: assisted suicide, access to health care, autonomy, palliative care, acts and omissions

JEL Classification: 100

Suggested Citation

Satz, Ani B., The Case Against Assisted Suicide Reexamined (2002). Michigan Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 6, 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1468722

Ani B. Satz (Contact Author)

Emory University School of Law ( email )

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Atlanta, GA 30322
United States

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Rollins School of Public Health ( email )

Atlanta, GA 30322
United States

HOME PAGE: http://https://sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/index.php?FID=ani-satz-51

Center for Ethics ( email )

Atlanta, GA 30322
United States

HOME PAGE: http://https://sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/index.php?FID=ani-satz-51

Emory University - Goizueta Business School ( email )

1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322-2722
United States

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