2005
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.008664
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The acceptability of ending a patient’s life

Abstract: Objectives: To clarify how lay people and health professionals judge the acceptability of ending the life of a terminally ill patient. Design: Participants judged this acceptability in a set of 16 scenarios that combined four factors: the identity of the actor (patient or physician), the patient's statement or not of a desire to have his life ended, the nature of the action as relatively active (injecting a toxin) or passive (disconnecting life support), and the type of suffering (intractable physical pain, co… Show more

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“…Previous studies have shown that nurses believe an explicit request from the patient is required when accepting an assisting role in dying. [23][24][25] However, a recent study showed that nurses were not necessarily averse to the possibility of administering life-ending drugs without an explicit request from the patient, to the point of accepting an active role in it. 18 Different points about our findings deserve further attention.…”
Section: Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies have shown that nurses believe an explicit request from the patient is required when accepting an assisting role in dying. [23][24][25] However, a recent study showed that nurses were not necessarily averse to the possibility of administering life-ending drugs without an explicit request from the patient, to the point of accepting an active role in it. 18 Different points about our findings deserve further attention.…”
Section: Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Auch bei der Diskussion um Sterben in Wür-de spielt Schmerz eine zentrale Rolle [2]. Die Akzeptanz von Suizidbeihilfe ist am höchsten beim Symptom körperlicher Schmerz, sowohl bei Laien als auch bei Ärzten [29]. Während bei Euthanasie in den Niederlanden Schmerz als Begrün-dung abnimmt, steht Schmerz bei palliativer Sedierung an vorderer Stelle [61].…”
Section: Die Aktuelle Diskussionsuizidbeihilfeunclassified
“…Strafsenat betont hatte, dass es für die Zulässigkeit eines dem mutmaßli-chen Patientenwillen entsprechenden Abbruchs einer ärztlichen Behandlung gerade nicht darauf ankomme, ob der Sterbevorgang schon eingesetzt hat. 29 . Dass auch bei einem Behandlungsabbruch weitere schmerztherapeutische oder andere das Leiden lindernde und allgemein begleitende medizinische und pflegerische Behandlungsmaßnah-men nicht ausgeschlossen, sondern erforderlich sind, versteht sich eigentlich von selbst 30 , selbst wenn sie ihrerseits mögli-cherweise den Todeseintritt beschleunigen.…”
Section: Einwilligung Patientenautonomie Patientenverfügungunclassified
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“…Establishment of laws permitting euthanasia in 2002-initially in the Netherlands, followed shortly thereafter in Belgium [2], and the laws' subsequent extension in those countries to minors [3,4]-has provoked an international debate concerning whether euthanasia for minors is both a legally and a morally acceptable option for infants and children suffering from incurable conditions [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Jotkowitz et al strongly argue against active euthanasia for suffering infants, stating that a protocol for neonatal euthanasia "violates the traditional ethical codes of physicians and the moral values of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of the world" [14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%