Advocates of a right to die increasingly assert that the right in question is a positive right (a
right to assistance in dying) and that the right in question is held against physicians or the …

The right to die has been as central and as enduring a topic as any to emerge since the term
“bioethics” was coined. Physician involvement in hastening the death of a patient—now …

Two central issues that shape contemporary medical ethics are, on the one hand, the nature
and basis of rights to health care, and, on the other hand, the rights of the dying and the role …

In the fall of 1991, voters in Washington state were asked to consider a public initiative that
sought to legalize physician-assisted death: Initiative 119. Drafted by Washington Citizens …

A culture of dying characterized by end-of-life care provided by strangers in institutional
settings and diminished personal control of the dying process has been a catalyst for the …

Abstract “Mercy” holds a well‐established place in the discourse on assisted death (AD),
with mercy rhetoric used by both proponents and opponents of AD alike. In this paper, I …

Prohibitions of killing and physician assistance in suicide have long been canonical in
medical ethics, but their days are limited in the twenty-first century. Our moral and legal …

In brief compass, I will touch on three of the central ethical and public policy issues that
divide those who are opposed to physician-assisted dying from those who are supportive of …

Abstract According to the Standard View, a doctor who withdraws life-sustaining treatment
does not kill the patient but rather allows the patient to die—an important distinction …

2. Edmund D. Pellegrino and David C. Thomasma's excellent discussion of the necessity for,
and content of, an analytically derived, beneficence-based medical ethic is in For the …