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  Intention and Causation in Medical Non-killing: The Impact of Criminal Law Concepts on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library) (Hardback) By (author) Glenys Williams

  

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  Short Description for Intention and Causation in Medical Non-killingAnalyzing the criminal concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this book explores a range of disciplines and offers an alternative legal framework based on grading different categories of killing into a formalized justificatory defence. It is for students studying medical and healthcare law and the legal aspects of health and medicine.
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  • Publisher: UCL Press
  • Published: 26 March 2007
  • Format: Hardback 244 pages
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  • Categories: Jurisprudence | Human Rights & Civil Liberties Law | Criminal Law & Procedure | Medical & Healthcare Law
  • ISBN 13: 9781844720279 ISBN 10: 1844720276

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• Analyzing the concepts of intention and causation in euthanasia, this timely new book explores a broad selection of disciplines, including criminal and medical law, medical ethics, philosophy and social policy and suggests an alternative solution to the one currently used by the courts, based on grading different categories of killing into a formalized justificatory defence. This book explores how culpability, blameworthiness and liability are ascribed and how ascertaining "mens rea" and "actus reus" are problematic in a end-of-life decision-making scenario. Williams criticizes the way the courts rely so exclusively on the criminal concepts of intention and causation in such medical scenarios and examines and raises awareness of the inadequate and inappropriate legal framework within in which judges have to operate. Topical and compelling, this significant contribution argues for a more open and honest approach which would, in turn, provide the certainty, consistency and equality required by the law. This is a quintessential read for all students studying medical and healthcare law and the legal aspects of health and medicine.