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Cryonics, euthanasia, and the doctrine of double effect

In 1989, Thomas Donaldson requested the California courts to allow physicians to hasten his death. Donaldson had been diagnosed with brain cancer, and he desired to die in order to cryonically preserve his brain, so as to stop its further deterioration. This case elicits an important question: is th...

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Autores principales: Andrade, Gabriel, Redondo, Maria Campo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10308608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37381023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13010-023-00137-5