Euthanasia - Medical Ethics and Law at the end of life

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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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I'm Ali, a junior doctor working in Cambridge, UK. I make videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. I also have a weekly podcast with my brother ( / notoverthinking , and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (aliabdaal.com/newsletter/).
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