Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law argues that the law governing the
ending of life in England and Wales is unclear, confused and often
contradictory. The book shows that the rules are in competition
because the ethical principles underlying the rules are also
diverse and conflicting. In mounting his case Richard Huxtable
considers some familiar and topical debates, including assisted
suicide and voluntary euthanasia, examining such situations as the
Dianne Pretty litigation and Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the
Terminally Ill Bill. The book also enters some important, but less
well-charted areas, looking at the advent of 'death tourism' and
the real status of involuntary and passive euthanasia in English
law, in addition to clarifying the confusion that surrounds the use
of powerful painkillers like morphine. Dealing with both legal and
ethical issues, the text concludes that the time has come to more
openly adopt a compromise position - one that more honestly
recognises and accommodates the competing values, whilst also
restoring a measure of coherence to the law.
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