Prolonging Life: Some Legal Considerations George P
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I Much of what follows is an exercise in conceptual analysis. It is an effort to devise a test for determining which of two competitive schemes-that for acts or that for omissions should apply in analyzing a given question of responsibility for the death of another. It is significant inquiry, if only to add a word to the discussion of the ponderous legal quandaries of physicians who care for terminal patients. The problem is also of wider significance for the theory of tort and criminal liability. The area of liability for omissions bristles with moral. analytic and institutional puzzles. In the course of this inquiry, we shall confront some of these problems and others we shall catalogue in passing.
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