[Assisted dying in Germany: possibilities and where to draw the line--the legal view]. / Während sich die Politiker vertagen, müssen Arzte handeln.
MMW Fortschr Med
; 148(20): 39-41, 2006 May 18.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16805189
ABSTRACT
In Germany, the legal possibilities for withholding or withdrawing life-preserving measures are based on four judgments by the Federal High Court, which forbid both the deliberate killing of a patient and physician-assisted suicide. Life-saving measures may be withheld or withdrawn only when this is in conformity with the declared will of the patient (as expressed, for example, in a living will, or by the patient's proxy), and when death is to be expected within the near future. If the process of dying has already begun, such a decision may be taken even when the expressed will of the patient is not known.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Politics
/
Terminal Care
/
Euthanasia, Passive
/
Advance Directives
/
Suicide, Assisted
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Ethics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
De
Journal:
MMW Fortschr Med
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article