Thesis (S.J.D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title frame (viewed on 22nd September, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Juridical Studies to the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. Degree awarded 2008. Bibliography: leaves 248-295.

In recent years the right to die has emerged from the fringes as a global movement - locally tailored - advocating for patient access to medically assisted-death. Although proposed and actualized models of assisted-death vary in method and level of accessibility, a majority of right to die advocates are motivated by a belief that suffering can at times be “unnecessary”. Based on an overview of the anthropology of suffering and fieldwork in Quebec, Ontario, and Belgium, my research focuses on right to die advocates’ conceptualization of suffering in relation to assisted-death and on how their understanding suffering shapes their views on when assisteddeath should be permitted. I argue that those supporting assisted-death are brought in a form of solidarity through the belief that at times suffering is meaningless and devoid of deeper significance.

Univ., Diss.--Göttingen, 2003. / Literaturverz. S. 259 - 299.

Law / LL.M.

No abstract available. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.

The purpose this study was to explore the relationship between counseling mental health practitioners’ attitudes toward euthanasia and their ethical decision making levels when confronted with clients facing end-of-life concerns. A review of literature indicated a series of complex ethical, moral, and societal issues surrounding clients’ right-to-die issues. Because of the lack of research in the counseling field and the growing prevalence of right-to-die issues with clients who have a diagnosis of a terminal illness, more research in the counseling field is needed (Hadjistavropoulos, 1996; Winograd, 2012). Participants for the present study were recruited from six state divisions of the American Counseling Association; Alabama, Louisiana, North Dakota, Maryland, Vermont, and Utah. Two multiple regressions were conducted in addition to one correlation and one MANOVA. One multiple regression was conducted using EDMS-R ans the dependent variable and one multiple regression was conducted using ATE overall score as the dependent variable. The Independent variables used were years in practice, gender, state, and religion. The dependent variables used were participant EDMS-R score and participant ATE score. Variables were chosen to examine variability accounted for in ATE and EDMS-R participant scores. Findings from this small study indicated that counselors’ years in practice, gender, state, and religion accounted for more of the variability in their beliefs about euthanasia (13.5) than their ethical decision making levels (2.7). Also, counselors’ religion had the greatest effect on participants’ ATE overall scores and on their EDMS-R P index scores. Counselors’ ATE overall scores as well as their both active and passive scores were all shown to be correlated to their P index scores with their ATE active scores exhibiting the strongest correlation and their ATE passive score exhibiting the weakest correlation. Future research suggestions include assessing counselors’ religion in more depth, and focusing on the other demographic variables in the study, as well as conducting an initial qualitative study to provide insight from individual participants as opposed to assessing a large group of participants.

Žmogaus teisės yra prigimtinės asmens teisės, priklausančios be išimties ir vienodai kiekvienam žmogui. Teisė į gyvybę yra svarbiausia žmogaus prigimtinė teisė, nes ji apsaugo individo biologinį procesą be kurio nebūtų įmanomas jo egzistavimas. Tačiau nėra sutariama dėl to, ar ši teisė yra neatimama žmogaus teisė, kurios pats žmogus, net būdamas nepagydomas ligonis ir kentėdamas nežmoniškas fizines kančias, negali atsisakyti; ar ši teisė gali būti aiškinama ir kaip leidžianti žmogui pačiam spręsti, ar įgyvendinti jam priklausančią teisę į gyvybę, ar savanoriškai atsisakyti jos. Vieningai sutariama, jog teisė į gyvybę yra svarbiausia ir fundamentaliausia žmogaus teisė, tačiau visos žmogaus teisės yra tarpusavyje susiję ir negali būti dalomos. „Teisės į mirtį“ šalininkai valstybės draudimą dėl eutanazijos ar asistuotos savižudybės dažniausiai laiko tokių žmogaus teisių, kaip teisės į autonomiją ir elgesio laisvę, teisės į privatumą bei teisės į orumą pažeidimu. Tokiu „teisės į mirtį“ teisiniu pagrindu remiasi ir ją legalizavusios šalys. Tačiau „teisės į mirtį“ legitimumas yra žmogaus svarbiausios ir fundamentaliausios prigimtinės teisės pažeidimas, kuris yra identifikuojamas ir plačiau analizuojamas šiame darbe. Jau antikos laikais buvo svarstoma apie gyvybės, kaip teisinės vertybės, svarbą. Didieji antikos filosofai savižudybės idėją smerkė. Hipokrato priesaikoje yra aiškiai nustatomas asmens gyvybės neliečiamumas. Vėliau, Vakarų kultūroje įsigaliojus krikščionybei, gyvybės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Human rights are inherent rights of individual, the implementation of which forms human worldview, helps him to develop and grow as a person. Person acquires these rights from birth not only as inalienable conditions of the existence, but also as worth of life and aim. The right to life is the most important human natural right, because it protects the individual’s biological process and the human existence would not be possible without it. For this reason the state is obliged to ensure the person protection of life, i.e. laws should determine responsibility for a man’s homicide. However, there is no consensus on, is this right inalienable human right and man by himself, even being terminally ill and suffering serious physical throes, can not refuse it, or can we interpret this right as allowing a person by himself to decide or to implement his right to life, or voluntary surrender of it. There is unanimous agreement that the right to life is the most important and most fundamental human right, because without it implementation of other human rights and freedoms would not be possible. The right to life is consolidated in documents of the universal and regional human rights protection. In order to emphasize its importance, in these documents it is regulated in the beginning of articles. „Right to die” protagonists for the most part suppose that the state’s ban on euthanasia or assisted suicide is the breach of human rights, such as the right to autonomy and freedom of behavior... [to full text]

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-78).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. / Title from title page screen (viewed Feb. 10, 2005). Thesis advisor: James J. Neutens. Document formatted into pages (x, 154 p.). Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-128).

Law / LL.M.