TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the ways in which the Supreme Court of Canada has shifted away from transcendent/religious to nonreligious conceptualizations of assisted dying.Design/methodology/approach A discourse analysis of a Supreme Court of Canada case on assisted dying and the facta of the 26 associated interveners.Findings The research points to a shift away from religious to nonreligious understandings in the way the Court conceptualizes suffering, pain, illness and assisted dying.Originality/value This paper contributes to the understanding of nonreligion as a social phenomenon.
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
SN  - 2056-4902
DO  - 10.1108/IJHRH-09-2017-0051
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-09-2017-0051
AU  - Beaman Lori G.
AU  - Steele Cory
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Transcendence/religion to immanence/nonreligion in assisted dying
T2  - International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 129
EP  - 143
Y2  - 2021/04/12
ER  -