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Life or death : a matter of choice? / Daniel J. Baum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baum, Daniel Jay, author.
- Series:
- Understanding Canadian law.
- Understanding Canadian Law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patients--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.
- Patients.
- Medical care--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Medical care.
- Euthanasia--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Euthanasia.
- Right to die--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Right to die.
- Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Assisted suicide.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Our bodies are ours to control, free from state interference - or so it would seem from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But how is this principle really applied? This is the question that legal expert Daniel Baum explores in <i>Life or Death</i>.
- Contents:
- INTRODUCTION
- WHO ARE THE JUDGES?
- CHAPTER 1 : LET THE MEDICINE GO DOWN - REGARDLESS?
- CHAPTER 2 : FORCED CONFINEMENT, FORCED MEDICATION
- CHAPTER 3 : MERCY KILLING: A DEFENCE TO MURDER?
- CHAPTER 4 : ASSISTED SUICIDE: A “RIGHT” TO DIE?
- CHAPTER 5 : END OF LIFE.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- ISBN:
- 1-4597-3058-5
- OCLC:
- 921534217
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