Chapter 11: Deliberate Termination of Life and Physician Assisted Suicide: Aid in Dying |
Section 5. Case Study Carlos Serrano Title: Robert Latimer and his disabled daughter Description: This is the case of Canadian farmer, Robert Latimer, who killed his daughter who had severe cerebral palsy because he felt that she was in agony and he loved her and didn?t want to see her suffer. He was charged with murder, convicted, and sentenced to life with possibility of parole in 10 years. Articles explaining the case: http://www.robertlatimer.com/ http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/latimer_robert.html http://www.normemma.com/artaleof.htm http://www.rights.org/deathnet/freelatimer.html http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/jan/020117a.html Articles containing ethical analysis: http://www.ualberta.ca/~bioethic/Articles/Browne%20article.doc http://www.lakecity.cc.fl.us/courses/tmoses/racheluploadchponeworddoc.html http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/fohrdoc.htm http://www.gpcomp.com/waterloounitarian/Inherent.html http://www.christianhelps.org/euthanasia.htm#argfor http://www.chninternational.com/tomkoch.htm http://www.redemptorists.com/ethics/articles/22senate.htm Sandra Dowd Case study 11
A Canadian Tragedy, the Tracy Latimer story. Background on Robert Latimer and the story of his daughter http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/latimer_robert.html The Supreme court case of Robert Latimer http://www.normemma.com/latimer_judgement.htm Robert Latimer and his sentence for killing his daughter http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/01/18/latimer_scoc010118 Public position on the fate of Robert Latimer http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1008284505375&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News Public support for Robert Latimer, and legalizing Euthanasia http://www.anglicanjournal.com/127/03/oped01.html The case for assisted suicide and euthanasia and the Tracy Latimer case http://www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/otherdocs/Newsletter/spring1997/12GARMAIE.html
Tracy and Robert Latimer http://srd.yahoo.com/goo/Tracy%2bLatimer/8/T=1019504396/F=c1d3b54e7b1ad5e785128fdb1218ae25/*http://www.ualberta.ca/~bioethic/Articles/Browne%20article.doc Comments from an ethicist on the Latimer case http://srd.yahoo.com/goo/Tracy%2bLatimer/9/T=1019504396/F=2ab636fa1575092dd4dd2de942a5a823/*http://www.phen.ab.ca/materials/het/het12-01d.html An ethicist comments on the case of Robert Latimer http://www.anglicanjournal.com/127/03/oped01.html
An ethical journals comments and opinions on Euthanasia and the Latimer case http://www.anglicanjournal.com/126/03/canada02.html An ethical journal response to the latimer case, and decision, also ethical decisions related to euthanasia http://www.culturalrenewal.ca/lex/lex-24.htm
Comments from an ethics network on the Tracy Latimer case and Euthanasia http://www.chninternational.com/tracy.htm
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