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Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Palliative Care
  • End-of-Life Decision-Making

Background:

  • Growing public and medical acceptance of euthanasia for terminally ill patients.
  • Calls for legalization of voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide under specific conditions.
  • Arguments for legalization based on patient self-determination and pain relief.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the rationale for legalizing euthanasia.
  • To examine the ethical conflicts between euthanasia and fundamental medical principles.
  • To assess the incompatibility of euthanasia with palliative medicine.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and ethical analysis.
  • Examination of the principles of medical practice.
  • Comparison of euthanasia with palliative care objectives.

Main Results:

  • The rationale for legalizing euthanasia is fundamentally flawed.
  • Euthanasia contradicts core medical principles and the physician's role.
  • Euthanasia is incompatible with the philosophy and practice of palliative medicine.

Conclusions:

  • Legalizing euthanasia poses significant ethical challenges to medical practice.
  • Palliative care offers an alternative approach to managing suffering in terminally ill patients.
  • The integration of euthanasia into end-of-life care requires careful ethical consideration.