[Euthanasia/assisted suicide. Ethical and socio-religious aspects]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2009 Jul-Sep;113(3):663-6.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide are viewed differently by moral and religious references. In a religious way, cardinal confessions (Christianity, Judaism, Islamism, Buddhism) condemn euthanasia/assisted suicide and, in the same time have a more relaxed attitude regarding passive euthanasia. Other aspects of euthanasia regard financial/economic and ethical-medical considerations. All these contradictory standpoints are expressed in some legal acts that make specifications on the concept of "euthanasia"--Oregon's Death with Dignity Act (1994) and Netherlands's Euthanasia Law (2001).

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Euthanasia / ethics*
  • Euthanasia / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Euthanasia, Active / ethics
  • Euthanasia, Active / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Euthanasia, Passive / ethics
  • Euthanasia, Passive / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Hippocratic Oath
  • Humans
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Netherlands
  • Oregon
  • Physician-Patient Relations / ethics
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Religion*
  • Right to Die / ethics*
  • Right to Die / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Suicide, Assisted / ethics*
  • Suicide, Assisted / legislation & jurisprudence*