Voluntary active euthanasia. (includes related articles) (Dying Well? A Colloquy on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide) From: The Hastings Center Report | Date: March 1, 1992| Author: Brock, Dan W. | COPYRIGHT 1992 Hastings Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Since the case of Karen Quinlan first seized public attention fifteen years ago, no issue in biomedical ethics has been more prominent than the debate about forgoing life-sustaining treatment. Controversy continues regarding some aspects of that debate, such as forgoing life-sustaining nutrition and hydration, and relevant law varies some from state to state. Nevertheless, I believe it is possible to identify an emerging consensus that competent patients, or the surrogates of incom...