Reframing assisted dying through the civil law: possibilities and challenges for the UK

Journal article

Hardes Dvorak, J., Regnard, C., Proffitt, A., Coelho, R. and Herx, L. 2024. Reframing assisted dying through the civil law: possibilities and challenges for the UK. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2024-005149
AuthorsHardes Dvorak, J., Regnard, C., Proffitt, A., Coelho, R. and Herx, L.
Abstract

If assisted dying is legalised in the British Isles, the authors propose that a socio-legal, civil law model is the most pragmatic, socially nuanced and ethical mode of regulation. It offers choice to end life, while ensuring social safeguarding of vulnerable persons. It also enables healthcare professionals and organisations to focus on healing and care, while protecting them from legal changes to which they may object.

KeywordsAssisted dying; End of life care; Palliative care; Law
Year2024
JournalBMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
PublisherBMJ Publishing Group
ISSN2045-435X
2045-4368
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2024-005149
Official URLhttps://spcare.bmj.com/lookup/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=39667813
Publication dates
OnlineDec 2024
Publication process dates
Accepted27 Nov 2024
Deposited19 Dec 2024
Accepted author manuscript
License
File Access Level
Open
Output statusPublished
Permalink -

https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/99v7z/reframing-assisted-dying-through-the-civil-law-possibilities-and-challenges-for-the-uk

Download files

Accepted author manuscript
spcare-2024-005149.R1_Proof_final.pdf
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
File access level: Open

  • 40
    total views
  • 14
    total downloads
  • 4
    views this month
  • 3
    downloads this month

Export as

Related outputs

Is assisted dying really a matter for medical regulation?
Dvorak, J. 2025. Is assisted dying really a matter for medical regulation? Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
How to be a social researcher: Key sociological studies
Dvorak, J. and Cant, S. 2023. How to be a social researcher: Key sociological studies. Harper Collins.
How to be a sociologist: an introduction to A Level Sociology
Cant, S. and Dvorak, J. 2021. How to be a sociologist: an introduction to A Level Sociology. Harper Collins.
Governing sporting brains: concussion, neuroscience and the biopolitical regulation of sport
Hardes, J. 2019. Governing sporting brains: concussion, neuroscience and the biopolitical regulation of sport. in: Sport, ethics and neurophilosophy London Routledge. pp. 23-35
Governing excess: boxing, biopolitics and the body
Hardes, J. 2019. Governing excess: boxing, biopolitics and the body. Theoretical Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480619864310
Women, 'madness' and exercise
Hardes, J. 2018. Women, 'madness' and exercise. Medical Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2017-011379
Law, education and Prevent
Hardes, J. and Revell, L. 2017. Law, education and Prevent. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197917706017
Governing sporting brains: concussion, neuroscience, and the biopolitical regulation of sport
Hardes, J. 2017. Governing sporting brains: concussion, neuroscience, and the biopolitical regulation of sport. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2017.1281344
Legal fictions, inviolability of persons and the governance of assisted dying
Hardes, J. 2015. Legal fictions, inviolability of persons and the governance of assisted dying.
Power, ideology, and Olympism: reflections on British sport policy
Hardes, J. 2006. Power, ideology, and Olympism: reflections on British sport policy.
More than merely “Me”?: “Identity Politics” and the Paradigmatic Assumptions of sport sociologists
Hardes, J. 2007. More than merely “Me”?: “Identity Politics” and the Paradigmatic Assumptions of sport sociologists.
Reconstructing sport history
Hardes, J. 2008. Reconstructing sport history.
Sport, athletics, and virtue theory
Hardes, J. 2008. Sport, athletics, and virtue theory.
Bridging the dialectic between ethics and economics in sport management
Hardes, J. 2008. Bridging the dialectic between ethics and economics in sport management.
Deconstructing human rights in sport
Hardes, J. 2008. Deconstructing human rights in sport.
Agambian biopolitics and bare life
Hardes, J. 2009. Agambian biopolitics and bare life.
Human rights in sport
Hardes, J. 2009. Human rights in sport.
Rethinking the female sporting community with Hannah Arendt.
Hardes, J. 2010. Rethinking the female sporting community with Hannah Arendt.
Ethics in sport: between transcendence and immanence
Hardes, J. 2011. Ethics in sport: between transcendence and immanence.
Biopolitics and the enemy: law, rights and proper subjects
Hardes, J. 2013. Biopolitics and the enemy: law, rights and proper subjects.
The biopolitics of assisted dying
Hardes, J. 2013. The biopolitics of assisted dying.
Risking community
Hardes, J. 2013. Risking community.
Duelling, prize fighting and boxing: science and technology in a shifting biopolitical terrain
Hardes, J. 2016. Duelling, prize fighting and boxing: science and technology in a shifting biopolitical terrain.
Law, immunization and the right to die
Hardes, J. 2016. Law, immunization and the right to die. London Routledge.
Constituting the fighter’s body: on being-with in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Hogeveen, B. and Hardes, J. 2014. Constituting the fighter’s body: on being-with in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. in: Gilbert, K. (ed.) Fighting: Intellectualising Combat Sport Champaign, Ill. Common Ground Publishing.
Flow, skilled coping and the sovereign subject
Hardes, J. and Hogeveen, B. 2016. Flow, skilled coping and the sovereign subject. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1080/17511321.2016.1219765
Biopolitics and the enemy: on law, rights and proper subjects
Hardes, J. 2014. Biopolitics and the enemy: on law, rights and proper subjects. Law, Culture and the Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1177/1743872114524879
Personhood, legal judgment, and sovereignty at The Cape, 1793-1810
Hardes, J., McLane, P. and Pavlich, G. 2014. Personhood, legal judgment, and sovereignty at The Cape, 1793-1810. in: Arrigo, B. and Bersot, H. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of International Crime and Justice Studies Routledge.
Fear, sovereignty and the right to die
Hardes, J. 2013. Fear, sovereignty and the right to die. Societies. 3, pp. 66-79. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc3010066
The coaching act: interview with Chris Volley
Hardes, J. 2007. The coaching act: interview with Chris Volley. in: Denison, J. (ed.) Coaching Knowledges: Understanding the Dynamics of Sport Performance London A & C Black.