Richard Huxtable: 3 books
Law, Ethics and Compromise at the Limits of Life
To Treat or not to Treat?
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
A conflict arises in the clinic over the care of a critically ill, incapacitated patient. The clinicians and the patient’s family confront a difficult choice: to treat or not to treat? Decisions to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment feature frequently in the courts and in the world's...
by Richard Huxtable
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
The Dignitas clinic in Switzerland may be a long way away. But the issues around euthanasia can suddenly become very close to home. To many, it seems remarkable that in a society where freedom of choice is eulogised, thousands of people find that there is one last choice that they are not free to...
Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law
From Conflict to Compromise
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law argues that the law governing the ending of life in England and Wales is unclear, confused and often contradictory. The book shows that the rules are in competition because the ethical principles underlying the rules are also diverse and conflicting.
In mounting...