加拿大的医疗援助死亡系统可以使医疗保健连续杀人成为可能
1Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK. christopher.lyon@york.ac.uk.
概括
加拿大死亡医疗援助 (MAiD) 的保障措施被评估与医疗保健连环杀人风险相对应. 该系统虽然合法,但存在漏洞,需要加强监督和临床医生审查,以防止潜在的滥用.
科学领域:
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 刑事司法 刑事司法 刑事司法
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 死亡医疗援助 (MAiD) 在加拿大是合法的,涉及安乐死或协助自杀.
- 医疗保健连环杀人 (HSK) 构成风险,犯罪者针对的患者个人资料和理由与符合MAiD资格的个人相似.
- 由于背景调查,监督和未能解决问题的不足,HSK经常没有被发现.
研究的目的:
- 评估加拿大MAiD系统对医疗保健系列杀戮的保障措施.
- 在MAiD框架内识别可能被利用的漏洞.
- 为加拿大和其他考虑或实施安乐死和协助自杀 (EAS) 的司法管辖区改善保障提供见解.
主要方法:
- 分析加拿大MAiD框架,重点关注其以安乐死为基础的结构.
- 将MAiD特征与医疗保健连环杀手已知的特征进行比较.
- 评估现有的保障措施,临床医生的资格和监督机制.
主要成果:
- 加拿大MAiD系统与HSK有共同的特点,包括广泛的资格标准.
- 在MAiD的临床医生可能有免除刑事责任的豁免,创造潜在的滥用机会.
- 监督,审查和培训方面的缺陷被确定为重大风险.
结论:
- 目前的加拿大MAiD系统需要在保护措施方面做出重大改进.
- 提高临床标准,严格的审查和MAiD提供者的培训至关重要.
- 为了减轻杀人滥用的风险,需要彻底重组MAiD监督和交付.
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