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Is this even legal? If a procedure is 100% lethal, wouldn't it be murder? I mean it is murder even if both parties agrees right? What is different in this case
by shultays 12y ago
Is this even legal? If a procedure is 100% lethal, wouldn't it be murder?
I mean it is murder even if both parties agrees right? What is different in this case
- copperx 12y agoYou're right; if the doctor demonstrates no malice it would be involuntary manslaughter, not murder.
- cbd1984 12y agoIf the procedure is 100% lethal in theory, it's doctor-assisted suicide, which is legal in some jurisdictions (in America) and illegal in others. If the procedure is 100% lethal in practice, but survivable in theory, it's medical research, and if good, non-coerced informed consent is given, I have a very hard time seeing any prosecutor prosecuting the case as even manslaughter or similar. After all, there are other procedures which are only performed when there's a small hope of success; CPR out in the field is one of them. (High-end survival estimate is less than 20%, more likely less than 10%.) http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/health/cpr-lifesaving-stats/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/health/cpr-lifesaving-stats/ http://apps.health.qld.gov.au/acp/Public_Section/Resuscitation_Planning/resuscitationPlanning2.aspx http://apps.health.qld.gov.au/acp/Public_Section/Resuscitati...
- creshal 12y agoAnother comparison would be bone marrow transplants, which can have a survival rate of 15-20% in some cases… but it's still better than not doing anything.