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Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia and Foregoing Treatment, Study Paper on

Reform Document: 
Y
Agency: 
Ontario Law Reform Commission
Doc Type: 
Study Paper
Collation: 
x, 262, 1 p.
Year: 
1996
Month: 
Dec 15, 1996
ISN: 
777859432
Rec'd: 
Aug 20, 1997
Remarks: 
...prepared...by Joan M. Gilmour with additional chapters by Karen Capen, Barney Sneiderman, Marja Verhoef'
Subjects: 
persons and social laws; medical law; medical treatment; patients rights; euthanasia; cessation of treatment; criminal law and procedure; abetting suicide
Keywords: 
euthanasia; suicide; terminal illness; cessation; decisionmaking; capacity; advance directive; living; will; consent; homicide; negligence; necessaries; life; criminal; liability; family; health care; provider; practitioner; Constitution; Charter; rights; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Netherlands; best interests; futility; treatment
Jurisdiction: 
Canada
Num: 
6207
Verified: 
5.2
Box Number: 
203.02
Box Name: 
Ontario LRC 1995-1996
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