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'Aid-in-dying' and the taking of human life.
In several US states, the legalisation of euthanasia has become a question for voters to decide in public referenda. This democratic approach in politics is consistent with notions of personal autonomy in medicine, but the right of choice does not mean all choices are morally equal. A presumption against the taking of human life is embedded in the formative moral traditions of society; human li...
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• Despite the relevant information that postmortem examinations can provide, autopsy rates have been declining worldwide in the last few decades. • Autopsies are especially necessary in low-income countries, where reliable information on cause of death is much more limited and in vivo clinical diagnosis is hampered by the scarce availability of diagnostic tools. • The use of the autopsy or of r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.6.1.42