Euthanasia - Medical Ethics and Law at the end of life
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Published 2018-01-10
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In this video, we discuss the legal side of euthanasia/physician assisted suicide. To summarise - euthanasia is illegal in the UK. 'Passive euthanasia' is a confusing term which we should avoid. 'Withdrawing medical treatment' is good medical practice when done appropriately, and is NOT the same thing as 'euthanasia'.
Throughout the video we talk through the case of Dr Cox and Lillian Boyes which illustrates a lot of these points and is pretty seminal as far as legal cases go.
CORRECTIONS:
In Re T (Jehovah’s witness case) it was the refusal that was deemed invalid, not the original consent (Molly said that the consent was found invalid).
And in the case of Nigel Cox, he was found guilty of attempted murder, not of manslaughter as we say (at 12.48).
Profound apologies for the inaccuracies, and many thanks to Dr Fistein from the Cambridge Clinical School faculty for pointing out the errors.
TIMESTAMPS:
01:04 - Introducing the Dr Cox + Lillian Boyes case
02:27 - More information about the case
04:31 - Active Euthanasia vs Passive Euthanasia
05:49 - Physician Assisted Suicide
06:43 - Don't use the phrase 'passive euthanasia'
08:36 - Doctrine of Double Effect
12:25 - Dr Cox - The verdict
14:03 - Ali's closing remarks
15:55 - Possible MMI scenario
17:00 - Sneak preview of the next video
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All Comments (20)
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This soundtrack really set the mood
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Me in an interview: Don’t say it Don’t say it Don’t say it PASSIVE EUTHANASIA
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Speedrunning these videos an hour before my Liverpool interview… I know that I’m not alone when I say you’re an absolute legend and godsend for every aspiring medic
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Vets always recommend euthanasia to our pets when they see that they're suffering. If we have this much respect for animals then why shouldn't it be the same for humans
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Thank you so much for this. I appreciate your channel.
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This video reminds me of the movie "Me Before You". Interesting and informative
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Great work you guys really help me a lot just coming to do a presentation on the needs to preserve lives
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excellent, Can you do one similar video on abortion?
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Very Helpful, Many Thanks , My Mother 96 yrs is in a similar position to the case in Question. Has very much helped considerations.
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One of the best discussions of end-of-life ethics I have ever seen.
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Wonderfully put together!
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ali we r rly so BLESSED for you to be providing us with all these crucial info. It rly sets the groundwork for us n makes it so much easier preparing for the interview. Deeply appreciated 🙏
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excellent video, very useful series for my upcoming imperial interview!
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This is extremely useful, especially for my upcoming interview! Thank you.
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I love your videos, they are very educational and useful. I use them as a guide to respond case studies in my health care ethics class (hope you don't mind). Great work!
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Thank you so much for this video!
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quite informative ,good one .
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Great one once again.đź‘ŚThanks a lot
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Ali I've been watching your vids for quite some time and I'd like to say thank you so much for your time and efforts to educate us on so many different topics . Keep it up :-) can you also do a vid talking about how to deal with addictions ?
