Euthanasia: where the Netherlands leads will the world follow?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Euthanasia in the Netherlands
The practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands is often used as an argument in debates outside the Netherlands--hence a clear description of the Dutch situation is important. This article summarises recent data and discusses conceptual issues and relevant characteristics of the system of health care. Special emphasis is put on regulation, including relevant data on notification and prosecution. ...
متن کاملLegalization of euthanasia in the Netherlands.
1. In order to be deemed legal, acts of euthanasia must be performed according to "careful medical practice." Requests for euthanasia must be voluntary, well considered and persistent, and be made by patients who are experiencing unbearable suffering without hope of improvement. More than one physician must be involved in the decision, and both patient and physician must agree that euthanasia i...
متن کاملthe tragedy of modern man in arthur millers world
what miller wants is a theatre of heightened consciousness. he speaks of two passions in a man, the passion to "feel" and the passion "know". he belives that we can have more of the latter. he says: drama is akin to the other inventions of man in that it ought to help us know more and not merely to spend our feelings. the writing of the crucible shows us that he is trying to give more heightene...
15 صفحه اولThe contested lessons of euthanasia in The Netherlands.
See e.g. H. He ndin , “Seduced by death: doctors , patients and the Dutch cure” (1994) 10 Issues in Law and M edicine 1 23-16 8; H . Hendin, Seduced by De ath . Doctors, Patients and the Dutch Cure (New York: W.W. Nor ton, 1997); H . Hendin, C . Rutenfrans & Z. Zylicz, “Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Lessons From the Dutch” (1997) 277 J.A.M.A. 1720-1722; R. Fenigs...
متن کاملThe mind will follow.
So subtle yet so savage was my descent into madness that my friends and neighbors, looking for a cause, thought I must have done something terribly wrong. It was 1979. I was 23. In the community where I had lived since I was a small child, many people believed God would not inflict such painful and irregular behavior on someone unless he or she deserved it. If I were not personally culpable, su...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0959-8138
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7299.1376