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Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum

Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum

Published on: August 5, 2020

Why not physician-assisted death?

Constantine A Manthous¹

¹Bridgeport Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, Bridgeport, CT, USA. pcmant@bpthosp.org

Critical Care Medicine

|March 28, 2009

Summary

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Physician-assisted death is widely rejected due to complex, often irrational, factors rooted in religion, medical ethics, and law. This aversion may unnecessarily limit patient autonomy in terminal cases.

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Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum

Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum

Published on: August 5, 2020

Area of Science:

Medical Ethics
Bioethics
Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

The Hippocratic Oath historically prohibits providing lethal drugs, influencing contemporary medical views.
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia evoke strong negative reactions from both medical professionals and the public.
Understanding the basis of this aversion is crucial for ethical medical practice and patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the multifaceted origins of the aversion to physician-assisted death.
To examine the roles of religion, Western medical traditions, legal frameworks, and moral neurocognition in shaping this stance.
To analyze whether current rejections of physician-assisted death are always rational or if they may impede patient liberty.

Main Methods:

A comprehensive review of religious texts was conducted.
Legal opinions and historical medical ethics manifestos were analyzed.
Relevant medical and lay literature were synthesized to understand societal perspectives.

Main Results:

The collective rejection of physician-assisted death stems from a complex interplay of factors.
These contributing factors are not always based on purely rational considerations.
The study identifies religious doctrines, established medical norms, legal precedents, and evolving neurocognitive insights as key influences.

Conclusions:

The deep-seated aversion to physician-assisted death has intricate, often non-rational, origins.
A strict rejection may unduly restrict the autonomy of a small patient group.
Careful consideration of persistent patient requests, after exhausting all treatments, suggests potential for reconsidering the absolute prohibition.