scholarly journals Managing Profound Suffering at the End-of-Life: Should expanding access to continuous deep sedation be the priority?

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Kirby
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Healthcare Provider ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Deep Sedation ◽  
Patient Access ◽  
Active Euthanasia ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Continuous Deep Sedation ◽  
Voluntary Active Euthanasia

This paper argues that in addressing and managing profound suffering at the end-of-life, the priority should not be the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia in jurisdictions where these practices are not currently available. Rather, concerted efforts should be made by society and the healthcare provider community to expand patient access to proportionate distress-relieving sedation and continuous deep sedation.

Aid-in-Dying: Should We Decriminalize Physician-Assisted Suicide and Physician-Committed Euthanasia?

1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria T. CeloCruz
Keyword(s):  
Medical Journal ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Active Euthanasia ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Voluntary Active Euthanasia ◽  
Aid In Dying

Recent news stories, medical journal articles, and two state voter referenda have publicized physicians’ providing their patients with aid-in-dying. This Note distinguishes two components of aid-in-dying: physician-assisted suicide and physiciancommitted voluntary active euthanasia. The Note traces these components’ distinct historical and legal treatments and critically examines arguments for and against both types of action. This Note concludes that aid-in-dying measures should limit legalization initiatives to physician-assisted suicide and should not embrace physician-committed voluntary active euthanasia.

Die Grundsätze der Bundesärztekammer zur ärztlichen Sterbebegleitung

1999 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam Zimmermann ◽  
Ruben Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Medical Association ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Treatment Decisions ◽  
Voluntary Euthanasia ◽  
Active Euthanasia ◽  
Medical Decisions ◽  
German Medical Association ◽  
Voluntary Active Euthanasia

Abstract The guidelines of the >German Medical Association< for doctors treating the dying passed on 11. Sept. 1998 are trying to provide an ethically justified frame for medical decisions conceming the end of life. In certain justified cases they allow non-treatment decisions and allevation of pain and symptoms that might cause the patient's death while they strictly reject voluntary active euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide

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