Life or death : a matter of choice? /
Baum, Daniel Jay, 1934-
Life or death : a matter of choice? / Daniel J. Baum. - 1 online resource - Understanding Canadian law series ; 4 . - Understanding Canadian law (Toronto, Ont.) ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
INTRODUCTION -- WHO ARE THE JUDGES? -- CHAPTER 1 : LET THE MEDICINE GO DOWN -- REGARDLESS? -- CHAPTER 2 : FORCED CONFINEMENT, FORCED MEDICATION -- CHAPTER 3 : MERCY KILLING: A DEFENCE TO MURDER? -- CHAPTER 4 : ASSISTED SUICIDE: A "RIGHT" TO DIE? -- CHAPTER 5 : END OF LIFE.
According to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our bodies should be ours to control, free from state interference. But how is this principle applied in Canada? Do the terminally ill have the right to ask for assistance in dying? Can physicians insist that their patients must have certain medical treatments? Must the mentally ill do what their doctors believe is best for them or can they decide to opt out of treatment? These are difficult ethical and legal dilemmas that we are still in process of resolving as Canadians. Right now euthanasia, for example, is still illegal in Canada, but a B.C. Supreme Court decision has recently overturned a ban on assisted suicide. Legal expert Daniel Baum examines what safeguards that the Charter offers us as Canadian citizens about our right to opt out of taking medications, accepting medical treatments, being forcibly confined because of mental illness, and asking for assistance if we or our loved ones wish to be allowed to die.
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Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada.
Medical care--Law and legislation--Canada.
Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Canada.
Right to die--Law and legislation--Canada.
LAW--Health.
Euthanasia--Law and legislation
Medical care--Law and legislation
Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.
Right to die--Law and legislation
Canada
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Life or death : a matter of choice? / Daniel J. Baum. - 1 online resource - Understanding Canadian law series ; 4 . - Understanding Canadian law (Toronto, Ont.) ; 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
INTRODUCTION -- WHO ARE THE JUDGES? -- CHAPTER 1 : LET THE MEDICINE GO DOWN -- REGARDLESS? -- CHAPTER 2 : FORCED CONFINEMENT, FORCED MEDICATION -- CHAPTER 3 : MERCY KILLING: A DEFENCE TO MURDER? -- CHAPTER 4 : ASSISTED SUICIDE: A "RIGHT" TO DIE? -- CHAPTER 5 : END OF LIFE.
According to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our bodies should be ours to control, free from state interference. But how is this principle applied in Canada? Do the terminally ill have the right to ask for assistance in dying? Can physicians insist that their patients must have certain medical treatments? Must the mentally ill do what their doctors believe is best for them or can they decide to opt out of treatment? These are difficult ethical and legal dilemmas that we are still in process of resolving as Canadians. Right now euthanasia, for example, is still illegal in Canada, but a B.C. Supreme Court decision has recently overturned a ban on assisted suicide. Legal expert Daniel Baum examines what safeguards that the Charter offers us as Canadian citizens about our right to opt out of taking medications, accepting medical treatments, being forcibly confined because of mental illness, and asking for assistance if we or our loved ones wish to be allowed to die.
1459730585 9781459730595 1459730593 1459723783 9781459723788 9781459730588
A703D8D3-BC69-4883-B6E3-469154F893F0 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
20159039517 can
(AMICUS)000043714942
Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada.
Medical care--Law and legislation--Canada.
Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Canada.
Right to die--Law and legislation--Canada.
LAW--Health.
Euthanasia--Law and legislation
Medical care--Law and legislation
Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.
Right to die--Law and legislation
Canada
KE3648
344.7104/19