Assisted suicide, easy death
A view from the Netherlands:-
SUFFERING IS NOT SOLVED BY A MERE CUP OF COFFEE
Is physician-assisted suicide in case of suffering from life justified? And if so, who decides? The patient, the doctor or an independent institution?
Former Dutch general practitioner Peter Kaldenhoven is certain that many of his colleagues do not fully realize how severe this kind of suffering is and, therefore, shy away from it. "After all, doctors are human beings and not always capable to assess the situation. In my first years I couldn'teither."
SOURCE: NVVE newsletter, October 2005
SUFFERING IS NOT SOLVED BY A MERE CUP OF COFFEE
Is physician-assisted suicide in case of suffering from life justified? And if so, who decides? The patient, the doctor or an independent institution?
Former Dutch general practitioner Peter Kaldenhoven is certain that many of his colleagues do not fully realize how severe this kind of suffering is and, therefore, shy away from it. "After all, doctors are human beings and not always capable to assess the situation. In my first years I couldn'teither."
SOURCE: NVVE newsletter, October 2005
posted by Unknown at Sunday, November 27, 2005
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