医疗辅助死亡和医学的终点
1Duquesne University, 525 Fisher Hall, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA. vogelsteine@duq.edu.
Journal of bioethical inquiry
|October 26, 2023
概括
这项研究挑战了反对医生提供死亡医疗援助 (MAiD) 的伦理论点. 它确定了MAiD与医生的职业职责和医学目标相冲突的推理中的重大缺陷.
科学领域:
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 医学哲学 医学哲学
背景情况:
- 一个普遍的伦理论点认为,医生参与医疗协助死亡 (MAiD),包括安乐死和医生协助自杀,是不道德的.
- 这个论点的根源在于,MAiD与医生的职业义务和医学的基本目标相矛盾.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地分析和反驳道德论点,即MAiD与医生的专业角色不相容.
- 检查MAiD与医学既定目的之间所谓的不一致性.
主要方法:
- 关于MAiD的伦理论据的哲学分析.
- 解构将职业义务与医学目标联系在一起的推理.
主要成果:
- 这篇论文确定并详细阐述了反对医生提供的MAiD的常见论点中的几个基本缺陷.
- 分析表明,MAiD与医疗目的不一致的前提在逻辑上是不合理的.
结论:
- 基于职业角色义务,对参与MAiD的医生提出的伦理异议显然有缺陷.
- 驳斥这些异议支持医生从事医疗协助死亡的伦理允许性.
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