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Final Exit: Should The Double Effect Rule Regarding The Legality Of Euthanasia In The United Kingdom Be Laid To Rest?, Brendan A. Thompson
Final Exit: Should The Double Effect Rule Regarding The Legality Of Euthanasia In The United Kingdom Be Laid To Rest?, Brendan A. Thompson
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Note explores the double effect rule that currently governs physician-assisted suicide cases in the United Kingdom. Recent events in the British medical and legal community have raised serious questions about the rule's adequacy, and have arguably created an environment in which Parliament must reexamine the validity of both the double effect rule and the laws governing active euthanasia.
After providing some historical background regarding the origins and development of the double effect rule, this Note surveys recent developments such as changing attitudes towards euthanasia and the public reaction to the Moor verdict, both of which have created an environment …