Burdening Others
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20334251 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brent M Kious (0000-0003-3477-5659, corresponding author), Brent Kious |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 15-23 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/hast.1417 |
| PMID | 36226883 |
| OpenAlex | W4304945312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
Many people are afraid they will, as they age or fall ill, become burdens to others. Some who fear this say they would be willing to hasten their own deaths—engaging in self‐sacrifice through suicide, assisted suicide, or euthanasia—to avoid it. Still, some bioethicists and other critics of medical aid in dying reject the idea that fear of being a burden can be a good reason for self‐sacrifice. They argue that dependency is nearly universal, emphasize that caregiving is a valuable pursuit, and raise concerns about the impact of aid‐in‐dying policies on vulnerable groups. After defining what it is to be a burden, articulating why being a burden is morally significant, and, crucially, distinguishing burdensomeness from what I call “mere dependency,” I defend the intuition that self‐sacrifice can be justified by the desire to avoid being a burden and by the concern for the well‐being of one's caregivers that this choice implies
Assisted suicide · Intuition · Psychiatry · Sacrifice · Ethics in medical practice · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Caregiving Behavior Is Associated With Decreased Mortality Risk
Caregiving as a Risk Factor for Mortality
Caregiver Burden
The Ethics of Care, Dependence, and Disability
Being a Burden
Is There a Duty to Die
Love's Labor
Caring
Against a Duty To Die
Prevalence of depression and burden among informal care-givers of people with dementia
When Caring Is Just and Justice Is Caring
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |