Euthanasia berkaitan dengan hukum pidana dan ilmu kedokteran. secara umum adalah sengaja tidak melakukan sesuatu untuk memperpanjang hidup seorang pasien atau memperpendek mengakhiri pasien. dibagi menjadi dua yaitu euthanasia aktif (tindakan yang dilakukan oleh dokter atas persetujuan demi cepatnya proses kematian) pasif dari membiarkan meninggal sendirinya tanpa perawatan pengobatan). Adapun ...

In many European countries there is a public debate about the acceptability and regulation of euthanasia. In 2002, Belgium became the second country after the Netherlands to enact a law on euthanasia. Although euthanasia rarely occurs, the complexity of the clinical-ethical decision making surrounding euthanasia requests and the need for adequate support reported by caregivers, means that healt...

The main purposes of the present study were to see how the term "euthanasia" influences people's support for or opposition to euthanasia; and to see how euthanasia attitude relates to religious orientation and personality factors. In this study two different euthanasia attitude scales were compared. 197 students were selected to fill out either the Euthanasia Attitude Scale (EAS) or Wasserman's...

Active euthanasia, which is defined as the intentional act of causing the death of a patient experiencing great suffering, is illegal in France, whereas allowing patients to die (by withholding or withdrawing treatment) is authorized by law under certain conditions. However, the distinction between the different end-of-life decisions that healthcare professionals can make is perhaps less clearl...

background euthanasia is one of the most intriguing ethical, medical and law issues that marked whole xx century and beginning of the xxi century, sharply dividing scientific and unscientific public to its supporters and opponents. it also appears as one of the points where all three major religions (catholic, orthodox, and islamic) have the same view. they are strongly against legalizing mercy...