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[Assisted dying--death on demand: borderline between medicine and law]
1Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck.
Zeitschrift Fur Gerontologie Und Geriatrie
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
In medicine and law the ethical values confront one another: "death with dignity" ("allowing to die") versus the "right to life" ("preservation of life"). An individual's right to self-determination conflicts with the physician's obligation to preserve life. The problematic is discussed from the standpoints of both medicine and law, and current developments in the medical profession and legal practice are presented.