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HASTEN DEATH [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2005-02-24
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Health Law
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- duty to preserve human life
1, record 1, English, duty%20to%20preserve%20human%20life
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- duty to preserve life 2, record 1, English, duty%20to%20preserve%20life
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
There is a potential conflict between the physician’s ethical duty to preserve human life and the possibility that prolonged extraordinary measures taken to save an infant may only prolong its suffering and leave the parents with an infant who dies anyway ... 3, record 1, English, - duty%20to%20preserve%20human%20life
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
... a physician may not hasten the death of a patient, not only because of his duty to preserve life, but because he has no right to destroy the property of another... 4, record 1, English, - duty%20to%20preserve%20human%20life
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la santé
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- devoir de préserver la vie
1, record 1, French, devoir%20de%20pr%C3%A9server%20la%20vie
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'auteur examine les dispositions du Code criminel relatives à l'homicide et au devoir de préserver la vie [ ... ] 2, record 1, French, - devoir%20de%20pr%C3%A9server%20la%20vie
Record 1, Key term(s)
- obligation de préserver la vie humaine
- devoir de conserver la vie humaine
- obligation de conserver la vie humaine
- devoir de préserver la vie humaine
- obligation de préserver la vie
- devoir de conserver la vie
- obligation de conserver la vie
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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