The rule of double effect: clearing up the double talk

Arch Intern Med. 1999 Mar 22;159(6):545-50. doi: 10.1001/archinte.159.6.545.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Complicity
  • Developed Countries
  • Double Effect Principle*
  • Ethics*
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Euthanasia* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Euthanasia* / psychology
  • Euthanasia, Active
  • Euthanasia, Passive
  • Freedom
  • Humans
  • Intention*
  • Morals
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Religion
  • Social Responsibility
  • Suicide, Assisted
  • United States
  • Withholding Treatment