Sunday, February 23, 2014

Rethinking ethical and legal issues at the end of life in the U.K. and Brazil: a role for solidarity?


Rethinking ethical and legal issues at the end of life in the U.K. and Brazil: a role for solidarity?
Med Law. 2013 Dec;32(4):481-96
Authors: Ventura CA, Gallagher A, Jago R, Mendes IA

There are currently high profile debates about legal and ethical aspects of end of life care and treatment in the U.K. and Brazil. Unlike some other jurisdictions, neither country has legalised assisted dying or euthanasia. We argue that it is timely to consider the issues from the perspectives of an evolving concept in bioethics, that of solidarity.

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