What if euthanasia were legal? Introducing the issue

J Med Philos. 1993 Jun;18(3):237-40. doi: 10.1093/jmp/18.3.237.

Abstract

KIE: Battin and Bole introduce a set of seven papers that "discusses not whether active euthanasia and/or assisted suicide should be legalized but what new moral issues are raised when euthanasia is legalized?" The authors of the papers are philosopher Albert Jonsen, physician-philosopher Grant Gillett, philosopher Michael Burgess, lawyer Martin Gunderson and philosopher David Mayo (2 papers), philosopher-lawyer Leslie Francis, and Jesuit priest Kevin Wildes.

MeSH terms

  • Euthanasia*
  • Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary*
  • Humans
  • Jurisprudence
  • Physicians*
  • Public Policy*
  • Social Change*
  • Suicide, Assisted*
  • United States