MERCY KILLING - DEATH ON DEMAND - ON THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN MEDICINE AND LAW

Authors
OEHMICHEN M
Citation
M. Oehmichen, MERCY KILLING - DEATH ON DEMAND - ON THE BORDERLINE BETWEEN MEDICINE AND LAW, Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 28(4), 1995, pp. 273-278
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09486704
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
273 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0948-6704(1995)28:4<273:MK-DOD>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
In medicine and law the ethical values confront one another: ''death w ith dignity'' (''allowing to die'') versus the ''right to life'' (''pr eservation of life''). An individual's right to self-determination con flicts with the physician's obligation to preserve life. The problemat ic is discussed from the standpoints of both medicine and law, and cur rent developments in the medical profession and legal practice are pre sented.