Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2017
Abstract
Twenty years after the Advance Medical DirectiveAct came into force in Singapore, the issue of the legalisation ofphysician-assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia remains live. Thisarticle examines the case for legalisation, replying to the points raised inthe article by Toh Puay San and Stanley Yeo, “Decriminalisingphysician-assisted suicide in Singapore” (2010) 22 SAcLJ 379–412, which hadincluded draft legislation in its proposal. It critically discusses thetheoretical underpinnings of such legalisation and argues that the contentionof the authors that the benefits of allowing terminally-ill patients the optionof physician-assisted suicide far outweigh the harms is not supported. Afortiori, voluntary active euthanasia should not be legalised.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Jurisprudence | Medical Jurisprudence
Publication
Singapore Academy of Law Journal
Volume
29
First Page
275
Last Page
400
ISSN
0218-2009
Publisher
Singapore Academy of Law
Citation
TAN, Seow Hon.
The case against physician-assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia: A jurisprudential consideration. (2017). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 29, 275-400.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2272
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