Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: A white paper from the European Association for Palliative Care

Radbruch, Lukas; Leget, Carlo; Bahr, Patrick; Müller-Busch, Christof; Ellershaw, John; Conno, F. De; Berghe, Paul Vanden

doi:10.1177/0269216315616524

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“…23 Official reports from Oregon, Vermont and Washington, where only physician-assisted suicide is legal and euthanasia is not, have also shown an increase in the number of officially reported deaths, although with much lower incidences than in Belgium and the Netherlands. [23][24][25][26][27][28] Even within Belgium, development of the practice has differed between Flanders and Wallonia, as our study shows. The relative underrepresentation of reported euthanasia cases from the French-speaking community and the differences in case characteristics corroborate previous studies that found significant differences between Flanders and Wallonia in terms of practice, attitudes and knowledge about euthanasia.…”

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confidence: 90%

Euthanasia in Belgium: trends in reported cases between 2003 and 2013

Dierickx

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Cohen

et al. 2016

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Euthanasia in Belgium: trends in reported cases between 2003 and 2013

Dierickx

Deliëns

Cohen

et al. 2016

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“…One International collaborative guide, on artificial nutrition and hydration guidelines for those attending to patients at the end of their lives, emphasizes that the dying process should not be prolonged [19]. On the other hand, one white paper from the European association for palliative care (EAPC) states that the provision of euthanasia and PAS should not be included into the practice of palliative care [15]. One paper from the USA is a national survey of physicians about receiving requests for assisted suicide or euthanasia, and their compliance with the requests [20].…”

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“…Francis Bacon in 1605 first coined the term in reference to alleviating suffering of human patients [14]. It is defined by the European Association of Palliative Care as a physician (or other person) intentionally killing a person by the administration of drugs, at that person's voluntary and competent request [15] (p. 5).…”

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Treatment, Palliative Care or Euthanasia? Comparing End of Life Issues in Human and Veterinary Medicine

Eyre-Pugh¹,

Yeates²

2017

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Not a lot is known about either death or the dying process. Politicians and the medical profession in the UK tend to shy away from interfering with it by not allowing euthanasia as an end of life option for the patient. This is the first paper in a series of two, comparing the situation in human medicine and veterinary medicine, in which euthanasia is well practiced for relieving suffering at the end of life. This first part takes the form of a literature review including best practice around end of life care, its deficiencies and the need for assisted dying. Veterinary surgeons are well trained in the ethics of euthanasia and put it to good use in the best interest of their animal patients. In countries which have legalized physician assisted suicide for the terminally ill reporting indicates that it works well, without increases in involuntary euthanasia and most importantly without intimidation of the vulnerable. However, there is still an ever increasing tendency to overuse sedation and opioids at the end of life, which merits further investigation. With advances in medical science able to significantly prolong the dying process, patient autonomy demands a review of the law in the UK.

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“…Im letzten Jahr sah die Europäische Palliativgesellschaft (EAPC) die Notwendigkeit, zu Euthanasie und ärztlich assistiertem Suizid Stellung zu nehmen und zum Ausdruck zu bringen, dass "Euthanasie kein Teil der Palliativversorgung ist" [1]. In Deutschland hat der Deutsche Bundestag am 06.…”

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