Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force

In February 2001, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) asked an expert group to form an Ethics Task Force to review the subject of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. It is important that the EAPC contributes to informed public debates on these issues. Builds on current debates...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Palliative medicine 2003-03, Vol.17 (2), p.97-101
Hauptverfasser:	Materstvedt, Lars Johan, Clark, David, Ellershaw, John, Førde, Reidun, Gravgaard, Anne-Marie Boeck, Müller-Busch, H Christof, i Sales, Josep Porta, Rapin, Charles-Henri
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Advisory Committees Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Assisted suicide Bioethics Biological and medical sciences Cancer therapies Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation Debates Ethics European Association for Palliative Care Euthanasia Euthanasia - ethics Humans Illnesses Medical sciences Palliative care Palliative Care - trends Patients Personal Autonomy Suicide, Assisted - ethics Terminally ill people
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Zusammenfassung:	In February 2001, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) asked an expert group to form an Ethics Task Force to review the subject of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. It is important that the EAPC contributes to informed public debates on these issues. Builds on current debates and develops a viewpoint from the palliative care perspective. Includes a large number of commentaries from all over the world. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:	0269-2163 1477-030X
DOI:	10.1191/0269216303pm673oa