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Showing posts with label physicians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physicians. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Yet another argument against physician assisted suicide

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Years ago, I read a clever argument against physician assisted suicide that held that medical procedures need informed consent, and informed...
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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Two kinds of professions

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Compare the metalworker and the swordsmith. The metalworker's profession is defined by a particular technique for achieving h...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Euthanasia and the role of the physician

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Consider this argument: (Premise) It is not professional for a physician to perform a procedure when there is not sufficient scien...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Euthanasia, patient autonomy and the physician's task

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In this post, I am not going to distinguish between a doctor's "helping" a patient kill herself and the doctor...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Physician-Assisted Suicide

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Derek Humphry wrote, as part of a defense of Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS): The help of a physician [in PAS] is imperative, b...
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