Knowledge Themes
Right to Die with Dignity
Article 21
Aruna Shanbaug Case
Common Cause vs Union of India Case
Living Will
Advance Medical Directive
Passive Euthanasia
Active Euthanasia
Sanctity of Life vs Quality of Life
Persistent Vegetative State
Doctrine of Double Effect
Palliative Care
Hippocratic Oath
Patient Autonomy
Section 309 of IPC
Gyan Kaur Case
196th Law Commission Report
Informed Consent
Medical Treatment of Terminally-Ill Patients Bill 2006
Structural Subtopics
- Ethical distinction between active and passive euthanasia
- Aruna Shanbaug v. Union of India (2011) guidelines
- Common Cause v. Union of India (2018) judgment
- Right to die with dignity under Article 21
- Procedures for executing and validating Advance Medical Directives (Living Wills)
- Role of Medical Boards in withholding or withdrawing treatment
- Difference between voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia
- Doctrine of Double Effect in end-of-life care
- Ethics of Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS)
- Comparison with global legal frameworks (Netherlands
- Canada)
- Legal implications under Sections 306 and 309 of the IPC
- Concept of 'Sanctity of Life' vs 'Quality of Life'
- Role of the 'Parens Patriae' jurisdiction in judicial oversight
- Streamlining of procedural guidelines by the Supreme Court in 2023
Study Material
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