It is plausible to think that the fundamental basis of the right to decide about life-sustaining treatment — respect for a person's autonomy — has direct relevance to the legalization of voluntary euthanasia (see, e.g., Dworkin in Frey et al., 1998).
In the modern world with new family structures, international migration and increased life expectancy, there is a growing need for legal ways of assisting elderly with impaired mental capacity to decide about their life and assets.
It's sad that one person can make this, but of course I think about me, and everybody can decide about his life.
Without referring to anyone specifically, she said this week in an interview: "They think it's sitting in the front row and looking around with a tough eye as if you're the one to decide about the life of people.
Father Marani visits with families struggling to decide about continuing life support for gravely ill relatives who have no hope of recovery and no ability to survive without mechanical aid like ventilators.
Not being able to decide about everyday life can lead to resignation and a sense of worthlessness [ 8].
Modern life with increased life expectancy, international migration, new family structures and new values highlight the need for legal ways of assisting elderly with impaired mental capacity to decide about their life and assets.
True enough, there is an inequality involved in this: in effect, I decide about both my life and your life, and you don't decide about either.
They sit with their hands folded, trying to decide about this new life.
As Malalai, a female doctor who lives in Kabul and works in a clinic in Wardak, put it: "In the city, women can decide about marriage and life.
