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AUTHOR
Rihards Poļaks
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Eitanāzijas ētiskie un krimināltiesiskie aspekti
2015
Elektroniskā versija nesatur pielikumus
Distinction Between Euthanasia and Valid Medical Decision and Its Impact on Unborn Life
2014
The article is dedicated to revealing those aspects which allow to distinguish euthanasia from valid medical decisions which are made by physicians within the scope of the care of incurably ill persons and their impact on the issue regarding yet unborn life. As in separate forms of euthanasia and the realisation of its kinds, analogies of valid medical procedure are observed, the article analyses the most common cases when the decision made by the physician and the resultant action or omission of the action binds him/her to unjustified criminal judgement by revealing the fundamental features which approve the legitimacy of the decision made, thus distinguishing it from the criminal offence,…