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Appointed To The Scientific Committee Of The European Centre For Life Sciences, Health, And The Courts At The Collegio Ghislieri At The University Of Pavia, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron
Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
De Quinlan À Schiavo: Le Droit À La Mort Et Le Droit À La Vie En Droit Américain, Charles Baron
De Quinlan À Schiavo: Le Droit À La Mort Et Le Droit À La Vie En Droit Américain, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
Appointed To The Scientific Committee Of The European Centre For Life Sciences, Health, And The Courts At The Collegio Ghislieri At The University Of Pavia, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
De Quinlan À Schiavo: Le Droit À La Mort Et Le Droit À La Vie En Droit Américain, Charles Baron
De Quinlan À Schiavo: Le Droit À La Mort Et Le Droit À La Vie En Droit Américain, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
Life And Death Decision-Making: Judges V. Legislators As Sources Of Law In Bioethics, Charles Baron
Life And Death Decision-Making: Judges V. Legislators As Sources Of Law In Bioethics, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
In some situations, courts may be better sources of new law than legislatures. Some support for this proposition is provided by the performance of American courts in the development of law regarding the “right to die.” When confronted with the problems presented by mid-Twentieth Century technological advances in prolonging human life, American legislators were slow to act. It was the state common law courts, beginning with Quinlan in 1976, that took primary responsibility for gradually crafting new legal principles that excepted withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment from the application of general laws dealing with homicide and suicide. These courts, like the …
Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron
Normativity And Biomedicine In The United States Of America, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
No abstract provided.
Hastening Death: The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Status Quo, Charles Baron
Hastening Death: The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Status Quo, Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
The seven deadly sins of the status quo -- inhumanity, paternalism, Utilitarianism, hypocrisy, lawlessness, injustice, and the deadly risk of error and abuse -- are seven arguments against maintaining the artificial bright-line distinction between the prohibition against assisted suicide and the allowance of patients’ right to refuse life-prolonging treatment. This article calls on courts and legislatures to follow the successful example of the Oregon Death with Dignity statute.