Assisted Suicide in Canada

Moral, Legal, and Policy Considerations

Travis Dumsday (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2021
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-6601-9 (ISBN)

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In 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the criminal laws prohibiting assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia in its Carter v Canada ruling. Yet debate on this controversial subject continues. Assisted Suicide in Canada delves into the moral and policy dimensions of this case, summarizing previous federal and provincial rulings on medical assistance in dying (MAID), as well as explaining subsequent legislation. Travis Dumsday engages in an accessible yet nuanced exploration of the most significant ethical arguments and unravels related legal and policy debates. Thorny issues such as freedom of conscience for health care professionals, public funding for MAID, and extensions of eligibility are dealt with thoughtfully and clearly. Carter v Canada will alter Canadians' common understanding of life, death, and the practice of medicine for generations. Assisted Suicide in Canada provides readers with the tools to think through the fundamental legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding assisted dying.

Travis Dumsday is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Concordia University of Edmonton and held the Canada Research Chair in Theology and the Philosophy of Science from 2015 to 2020. He is the author of Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science, as well as dozens of articles and anthology chapters in philosophy of science, applied ethics, mediaeval philosophy, and Eastern Orthodox theology.

Introduction

1 An Overview of Carter v Canada

2 Developments in Law and Policy since the Ruling

3 Background to the Moral Debate over MAID

4 Moral Arguments for and against MAID

5 Invoking the Notwithstanding Clause

6 The Ethics of Public Funding for MAID

7 Freedom of Conscience for Health-Care Providers

8 Additional Legal and Policy Issues

Conclusion

Glossary; Notes; References; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2021
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-7748-6601-2 / 0774866012
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-6601-9 / 9780774866019
Zustand	Neuware