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

Joseph FletcherEpiscopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
, S.T.D (Social Ethics),
Claude R. SowleUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, J.D. (Law) (Member of the faculty) ,
Charles K. HoflingUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
, M.D. (Psychiatry) (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 222-225 | Published online: 18 Apr 2016
 
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Abstract

If a physician deliberately acts to end the life of a dying patient, is he “playing God”? Or is he doing something noble by shortening the suffering of a person already near death? Can principles be devised that will cover this issue and the problem of human experimentation? Tough questions, but participants in this seminar attempt to answer them.

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