DOI RECORD
The Right not to Live
DOI10.7603/s40741-014-0011-4
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
Journal / SourceGSTF Journal of Law and Social Sciences
Published2015-07-02
Metadata Deposited2023-08-25 (updated: 2023-08-25)
Subject—
Languageen
ISSN2251-2861
Typejournal-article
Volume / Issue / Pages4 / 1 / —
Citations1
References deposited22
Access / license metadataOpen license identified License 1 ↗A reuse license does not by itself establish whether the full text is freely readable.
Abstract
AbstractIn the old days the doctor was expected to maintain the patient’s life, even disregarding his wishes. The principle of beneficence and the right to life justified this understanding of the doctor’s duties and minimized the value of self-determination.However, the juridical framework of end of life decisions was changed by new conceptions regarding the role of medicine, the patient-doctor relationship and the connection between human life and self-determination, therefore, giving raise to the so called right not to live, as an conjunction of the right to life with the right to self-determination.