Citation

Sherlock R. J. Bioeth. 1983; 4(1-2): 58-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, Human Sciences Press)

DOI

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PMID

10266986

Abstract

Several writers have recently developed proposals calling for a public policy that would allow a number of individuals to commit suicide if they so choose. Suicide, it is argued, is a fundamental matter of personal liberty and as such only very minimal restrictions should be placed on it. In this essay I offer a critique of these views and the public policies they entail. The result is a defense of the general outlines of current professional and legal policies which permit intervention, even coercive intervention, with suicidal persons in almost every case.

Language: en