TY - GEN T1 - Hastening Death: The Seven Deadly Sins of the Status Quo AU - Baron, Charles H. AB - The seven deadly sins of the status quo -- inhumanity, paternalism, Utilitarianism, hypocrisy, lawlessness, injustice, and the deadly risk of error and abuse -- are seven arguments against maintaining the artificial bright-line distinction between the prohibition against assisted suicide and the allowance of patients’ right to refuse life-prolonging treatment. This article calls on courts and legislatures to follow the successful example of the Oregon Death with Dignity statute. KW - assisted suicide KW - terminal illness KW - end-of-life treatment KW - bioethics DA - 2004-1-1 PY - 2024 PB - unav JO - Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care & Patient Choice N1 -

Suggested Citation:

Charles H. Baron. "Hastening Death: The Seven Deadly Sins of the Status Quo." In Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care & Patient Choice, edited by Timothy E. Quill and Margaret P. Battin, 309-321. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.

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