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- Title
Pulling up the runaway: the effect of new evidence on euthanasia's slippery slope.
- Authors
Ryan, C J
- Abstract
The slippery slope argument has been the mainstay of many of those opposed to the legalisation of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. In this paper I re-examine the slippery slope in the light of two recent studies that examined the prevalence of medical decisions concerning the end of life in the Netherlands and in Australia. I argue that these two studies have robbed the slippery slope of the source of its power--its intuitive obviousness. Finally I propose that, contrary to the warnings of the slippery slope, the available evidence suggests that the legalisation of physician-assisted suicide might actually decrease the prevalence of non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia.
- Publication
Journal of medical ethics, 1998, Vol 24, Issue 5, p341
- ISSN
0306-6800
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jme.24.5.341