Tag: Aruna Shanbaug

  • Euthanasia: A Right to Die with Dignity

    By Priyanka Agrawal, Chaudhary Charan Singh University. The phenomenal advances in medical sciences and technology have altered balance of human life and societal values. Pari-passu with these changes is the upsurge of affirmation of human rights, autonomy, and freedom of choice. These issues compel us to re-evaluate our concepts of societal, medical ethics and value systems.

  • Euthanasia: The Legal Aspect

    By Deepshi, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “Her death was the best thing that could happen to her,” cried the nation as Aruna Shanbaug finally breathed her last.  It was one rare occasion where death became a reason to rejoice. Such irony described the life of this woman who spent over four decades in vegetative…