Physician-assisted death with limited access to palliative care.
J Med Ethics
; 41(8): 652-4, 2015 Aug.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25614156
Even among advocates of legalising physician-assisted death, many argue that this should be done only once palliative care has become widely available. Meanwhile, according to them, physician-assisted death should be banned. Four arguments are often presented to support this claim, which we call the argument of lack of autonomy, the argument of existing alternatives, the argument of unfair inequalities and the argument of the antagonism between physician-assisted death and palliative care. We argue that although these arguments provide strong reasons to take appropriate measures to guarantee access to good quality palliative care to everyone who needs it, they do not justify a ban on physician-assisted death until we have achieved this goal.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Papel do Médico
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Suicídio Assistido
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Doente Terminal
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Eutanásia Ativa Voluntária
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Ethics
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina
País de publicação:
Reino Unido