Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Dutch Nursing Homes: Requests and Administration

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 620-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Van der Wal ◽  
M. T. Muller ◽  
L. M. Christ ◽  
M. W. Ribbe ◽  
J. Th. M. van Eijk
1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria T. CeloCruz

Recent news stories, medical journal articles, and two state voter referenda have publicized physicians’ providing their patients with aid-in-dying. This Note distinguishes two components of aid-in-dying: physician-assisted suicide and physiciancommitted voluntary active euthanasia. The Note traces these components’ distinct historical and legal treatments and critically examines arguments for and against both types of action. This Note concludes that aid-in-dying measures should limit legalization initiatives to physician-assisted suicide and should not embrace physician-committed voluntary active euthanasia.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Kirby

This paper argues that in addressing and managing profound suffering at the end-of-life, the priority should not be the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia in jurisdictions where these practices are not currently available. Rather, concerted efforts should be made by society and the healthcare provider community to expand patient access to proportionate distress-relieving sedation and continuous deep sedation.


1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 429-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTIEN T. MULLER ◽  
GERRIT VAN DER WAL ◽  
JACQUES TH. M. VAN EIJK ◽  
MIEL W. RIBBE

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