Title
Euthanasia: Global Scenario and Its Status in India.
Abstract
The legal and moral validity of euthanasia has been questioned in different situations. In India, the status of euthanasia is no different. It was the Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug case that got significant public attention and led the Supreme Court of India to initiate detailed deliberations on the long ignored issue of euthanasia. Realising the importance of this issue and considering the ongoing and pending litigation before the different courts in this regard, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India issued a public notice on May 2016 that invited opinions from the citizens and the concerned stakeholders on the proposed draft bill entitled The Medical Treatment of Terminally Ill Patients (Protection of Patients and Medical Practitioners) Bill. Globally, only a few countries have legislation with discreet and unambiguous guidelines on euthanasia. The ongoing developments have raised a hope of India getting a discreet law on euthanasia in the future.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9946-7
Science and Engineering Ethics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Euthanasia,Aruna Shanbaug,Indian law,Physician-assisted suicide (PAS)
Christian ministry,Alternative medicine,Supreme court,Sociology,Medical treatment,Legislation,Public notice,Welfare,Law,Government
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
2
1353-3452
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Raghvendra Singh Shekhawat100.34
tanuj kanchan233.73
Puneet Setia300.34
alok atreya410.96
kewal krishan534.06