PubMed Health⌕ Search

SEARCH · PubMed Health

Results for “Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary”

Explore indexed PubMed citations for clinical trials, systematic reviews and public health research. Read source abstracts and follow each citation to its original PubMed record.

Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.

At least 523 records · Page 29Linked to original sources
PubMedDate not supplied

Euthanasia in The Netherlands.

According to a Dutch government-sponsored study (the Remmelink Report), out of some 9,000 requests for voluntary euthanasia made to doctors, only 2,300 cases were carried out. Based on this data, the Dutch Cabinet presented a law--which was barely passed (37 votes for vs 34 against)--providing doctors with a checklist of conditions that must be met to avoid prosecution for euthanasia, thus ending a year-long call for adequate legislation. Below, C.E. van de Bunt gives the facts behind the decision.

Education, Nursing, Continuing↗
PubMed2000

Consequentialism and the slippery slope: a response to Clark.

Michael Clark has recently argued that the slippery slope argument against voluntary euthanasia is 'entirely consequentialist' and that its use to justify continued prohibition of voluntary euthanasia involves a failure to treat patients who request assistance in ending their lives as ends in themselves. This article argues that in fact the slippery slope is consistent with most forms of deontology, and that it need not involve any violation of the principle that people should be treated as ends, depending upon how that principle is construed. It is concluded that supporters of voluntary euthanasia cannot dismiss the slippery slope argument on the basis of deontological principles but must take seriously the consequences that it postulates and engage in factual argument about their likely extent and about the likely effectiveness of any proposed safeguards.

Ethical Theory↗