Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- 1 M-Health at the Crossroads between the Right to Health and the Right to Privacy
- 2 Neurorights and the Chilean Initiative
- 3 Persuasive Technologies and the Right to Mental Liberty
- 4 The Ethics and Laws of Medical Big Data
- 5 The Right to Have a Child
- 6 Medical Robots and the Right to Health Care
- 7 Life-Maintaining Technology and the Right to Die
- 8 The Spread of Telemedicine in Daily Practice
- 9 Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- Part III Towards a Convergence
7 - Life-Maintaining Technology and the Right to Die
from Part I - Life Sciences and Human Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- 1 M-Health at the Crossroads between the Right to Health and the Right to Privacy
- 2 Neurorights and the Chilean Initiative
- 3 Persuasive Technologies and the Right to Mental Liberty
- 4 The Ethics and Laws of Medical Big Data
- 5 The Right to Have a Child
- 6 Medical Robots and the Right to Health Care
- 7 Life-Maintaining Technology and the Right to Die
- 8 The Spread of Telemedicine in Daily Practice
- 9 Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- Part III Towards a Convergence
Summary
The chapter focuses the attention, firstly, on the origins of the right to die and its intersections with the development of life-maintaining medical technologies. Then, the analysis goes on by distinguishing between a right to refusal (current or by an advance directive) medical supports, and the recognition of some form of active aid in suiciding, taking into account the principal elements of the American, Canadian, European and Chinese legal frameworks.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022