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SEMINAR 2 PART 1: When Should Patients Be Allowed to Die?—Some Questions of Ethics

Joseph FletcherEpiscopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
, S.T.D. (Social Ethics),
Charles K. HoflingUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, M.D. (Psychiatry) (Member of the faculty) ,
Claude R. SowleUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, J.D. (Law) (Member of the faculty) ,
Maurice LevineUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, M.D. (Psychiatry) (Member of the faculty) ,
James H. Vaughan Jr.University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, PH.D. (Anthropology) (Member of the faculty) ,
Evelyn V. HessUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, M.D.(Medicine) (Member of the faculty) &
Douglas P. GrafUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, M.D. (Surgery and Gynecology) (Member of the faculty) show all
Pages 197-200 | Published online: 18 Apr 2016
 
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Abstract

The physician should both prolong life and relieve suffering, but sometimes these duties conflict. Is he obliged to sustain life under all circumstances? Or should he be permitted in certain situations to practice euthanasia or to omit measures that keep the dying patient alive?

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