Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia: Why the Difference in Attitude?
It appears that the attitudes of health professionals differ towards suicide and voluntary active euthanasia. An acceptance of, if not an agreement with, voluntary active eutha nasia exists, while there is a general consensus that suicide should be prevented.This paper searches for a working definit...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Sage
1995
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Nursing ethics
Έτος: 1995, Τόμος: 2, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 161-170 |
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| Σύνοψη: | It appears that the attitudes of health professionals differ towards suicide and voluntary active euthanasia. An acceptance of, if not an agreement with, voluntary active eutha nasia exists, while there is a general consensus that suicide should be prevented.This paper searches for a working definition of suicide, to discover ethical reasons for the negative value that suicide assumes, and also to provide a term of reference when comparing suicide with euthanasia.On arriving at a working definition of suicide, it is compared with voluntary active euthanasia. An analysis of utilitarian and deontological considerations is provided and proves to be inconclusive with respect to the ethical principles informing the attitudes of professionals. Therefore, a search for other influences is attempted; this indicates that psychological influences inform attitudes to a greater degree than ethical principles. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-0989 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/096973309500200208 |