{"id":4703,"date":"2013-10-30T02:45:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4703"},"modified":"2023-01-22T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:36:34","slug":"rethinking-voluntary-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4703","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Voluntary Euthanasia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Byron J. Stoyles,&nbsp; Sorin Costreie<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"161\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedphil.jpg\" alt=\"The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy\" class=\"wp-image-11190\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Our goal in this article is to explicate the way, and the extent to which, euthanasia can be voluntary from both the perspective of the patient and the perspective of the health care providers involved in the patient&#8217;s care. More significantly, we aim to challenge the way in which those engaged in ongoing philosophical debates regarding the morality of euthanasia draw distinctions between voluntary, involuntary, and nonvoluntary euthanasia on the grounds that drawing the distinctions in the traditional manner (1) fails to reflect what is important from the patient&#8217;s perspective and (2) fails to reflect the significance of health care providers&#8217; interests, including their autonomy and integrity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Stoyles BJ, Costreie S. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jmp\/article-abstract\/38\/6\/674\/910596?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=false\">Rethinking Voluntary Euthanasia<\/a>.  J Med Philos (2013) 38 (6): 674-695. doi: 10.1093\/jmp\/jht045<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron J. Stoyles,&nbsp; Sorin Costreie AbstractOur goal in this article is to explicate the way, and the extent to which, euthanasia can be voluntary from both the perspective of the patient and the perspective of the health care providers involved in the patient&#8217;s care. More significantly, we aim to challenge the way in which those &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4703\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rethinking Voluntary Euthanasia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[554,14,2],"tags":[1150,122],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-journal-article","tag-bryron-j-stoyles","tag-sorin-costreie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Rethinking Voluntary Euthanasia - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Distinctions between voluntary, 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