Euthanasia phenomenon: ethical, medical and legal aspects

Legal aspects of euthanasia.

The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medical Quackery

The writer of this book is not a medical man; the book has suffered a little on this account. On the other hand it could not have been written by a medical man, unless he had had a vast amount of leg'al experience. The ideal book would be a collaboration between a medical man and a lawyer; the author of this book sought a medical collaborator but he was advised that the General Medical Council ...

Medical Travel: The Ethical and Legal Challenges

Medical tourism is a term referring to the people traveling to other countries to obtain medical care. Like any other rapid growing indus­try, medical tourism has prompted ethical and legal issues. These issues are mainly pertained to malpractice and consumer protection. Beside these, risk management, foreign hospital liabilities, international ad­vocacy, facility ownership, intellectual proper...

Euthanasia and brain death: ethical and legal considerations.

Euthanasia of companion animals: a legal and ethical analysis.

In Italy, the conditions under which euthanasia of small pets is justified are only partially regulated by law n. 281/1991, article 2 n. 6 and 9, by the later Ministry Circular n. 9 made on 10/03/1992 and by law n. 189/2004. Law n. 281/1991, besides delegating the job of birth control in cat and dog populations to the regions, has made it statutory that stray dogs may only be euthanised when th...