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This 7 page paper consider the legal and theoretical framework of euthanasia in the UK compared to the Netherlands. The writer takes into consideration the Human Rights Act 1998, and the cases of Tony Bland and Dian Petty. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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most definitions this requires a positive action to bring this about, such as an injection or the ingestion of drugs, However, in some definitions there is also the ability to
achieve this with the withholding of treatment to those who are ill. However, this is less clear, and as such we will not include the cessation of treatment as a
matter that is automatically seen as euthanasia. The issue of euthanasia is one that reappears in the national press form time to time, and with the recent case of Diane
Pretty, a 42 year old Luton woman suffering from incurable motor neurone, who sought to gain legal immunity for her husband if he helped her commit suicide when she no
longer felt she could continue. Her action was against the Director of Public Prosecutions decision that he would not grant immunity (Gerrard, 2001). The arguments that brought this case
about were due to the implementation of the Human Rights Act, and it was argued that to deny this was to violate her Mrs Pettys human rights. The House of
Lords did not agree, finding in favour of the DPP. They states that this was a very difficult decision, but finding h-in her favour would open the gates to many
other claims. If we look at the current situation in the UK euthanasia is illegal. This is embodied in the Suicide Act 1961. Under this act individual who attempted
suicide were decriminalised, as prior this a surviving suicide victim may have been prosecuted. However, those that helped them remained criminals, and it is this law that can be invoked
where there is an attempt at euthanasia (Gerrard, 2001). In the UK, as in may other areas euthanasia is not seen as taking place when treatment is withheld at the
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