In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that ...

Insanity It is referred to as lunacy or unsound mind, mental abnormality, disease of mind etc. an insane person cannot think and act as a normal human being. His capacity to know things is perverted. It is called ‘non compose ...

Euthanasia is the termination of an extremely ill person’s life in order to relieve them from the suffering the illness is causing. Euthanasia is usually only conducted on a person with an incurable condition, however there are other instances when ...

By DAVID MARGOLICKJUNE 27, 1984 About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not ...

In some jurisdictions, legislation sometimes tries to determine the right to life of the foetus from the moment of fertilization. Such legislation regards the foetus as a live person whose legal status is equal to that of any other member ...

Nervous shock was as eligible form of injury as much as in the early 1900s recognized. Only recently, however, receive this type of injury reporting in the High Courts and the legislature has expanded. Unfortunately, there are few clear guidelines, ...

The subject of death does not seem to be openly discussed in society. Thus, it’s no wonder that the issues relating to euthanasia and withdrawal of life sustaining treatment are always treated with such caution. In the relatively recent past, ...

Medical ethics involves applying moral considerations in the decision making process of medical professionals. The medical ethic of autonomy has been fundamental in the regulation of the medical profession and in the development of medical law. The ethic provides protection ...

Introduction  Occasionally, for political, religious, health or feminist reasons, the debate on the abortion issues is disclosed, the debate of this social scourge that is present in every society. Legally or illegally abortions are performed everywhere. Fortunately, in many societies, ...

Physician assisted suicide is when a patient voluntarily decides to end his or her life, and a physician will prescribe them the appropriate medication in order to make that happen(“Definition of Physician,” 2004). It is said to be used for ...