BACKGROUND Care-dependency constitutes an important issue with regard to the approval of end-of-life decisions, yet attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia are understudied among care-dependent older adults. We assessed attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia and tested empirical correlates, including socio-demographics, religiosity, physical illness, psychological distress ...

This paper summarises the features of my paper, 'Voluntary Active Euthanasia', and a later jointly authored paper, 'Moral Fictions', which I believe are examples of good medical ethics.

Some think that euthanasia is an act of suicide or intentionally taking someone's life which prohibited by any religion and unlawful. The Indonesian Doctors Association (IKI) also opposes measures for patients reason. Broadly speaking from the way it done, divided into two groups, namely active passive euthanasia. According to Kartono Muhammad, occurs if there are still signs in when performed....

According to medical science, euthanasia is a method for patients whose condition on the verge of dying, in which purpose cease their sufferings. This means, it will accelerate patient's death. It divided into two, are active (an injection or medicine given by doctor patient his / her death). actually haram, since considered as intentional murder. That idea supported when applying principles ju...

Euthanasia is a term that often sparks heated debate, regardless of whether people are “for” or “against”. It is one of the most-debated ethical issues in recent decades as revealed by the considerable number of scientific publications, media coverage of specific cases, but also proposed bills in many countries. Despite it's popularity and the fact that public opinion polls indicate increasing ...

Introduction: Euthanasia is considered to be contradictory the 1945 Constitution of Republic ofIndonesia, which contained in Chapter XA, second amendment about human rights are concerningabout right live and protected. There no specific laws regulations regulateEuthanasia Indonesia; therefore, it important research that have possibilityto regulate Euthanasia, especially Indonesian criminal law ...

conclusions iranian nurses in east azerbaijan provence have negative attitudes toward different aspects of euthanasia and this negative attitude is not related to religious or legal issues. so, searching for the reasons for such an attitude needs more investigation. results participants had a negative attitude towards all aspects of euthanasia. they reported that they would not participate in e...

No religion is recognized in Indonesia that allows euthanasia to be carried out. Because indeed an action English called mercy killing or murder based on can also said contradictory its name, where carrying out the manifestation of it precisely what done take life man, gift Almighty and should respected guarded. Formulation Article 344 Criminal Code concerning has a weakness, among others: The ...