Euthanasia
Normal Medical Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20337356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henk A M J Ten Have, H A ten Have (Radboud University Nijmegen), Jos V M Welie (0000-0003-3701-3780) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 34 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3562563 |
| PMID | 1587723 |
| OpenAlex | W2162116472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the 1970s the "euthanasia movement" in the Netherlands began as a\nprotest against the power of contemporary medicine to alienate individuals\nfrom their own dying. Instead of counterbalancing that power and enhancing\nthe individual's autonomy and control over his or her own life, it seems that\nsocial acceptance of euthanasia is resulting in physicians' acquiring even\nmore power over the life and death of their patients. As the Remmelink Report\nshows, in most cases of ending human life, it is the physician who decides\nthat it is appropriate to hasten death. Furthermore, it is quite remarkable\nhow easily the morally most important cautionary standard established by\njurisprudence -- the patient's voluntary and persistent request -- is brushed\naside in the report. The motion adopted by the General Assembly of the Dutch\nSociety of Health Law, published in the
Family medicine · Medical practice · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2009 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |