1. [Euthanasia/assisted suicide. Ethical and socio-religious aspects].
- Author
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Chiriţă V, Chiriţă R, Duică L, and Talau G
- Subjects
- Buddhism, Christianity, Ethics, Medical, 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, Euthanasia ethics, Euthanasia legislation & jurisprudence, Religion, Right to Die ethics, Right to Die legislation & jurisprudence, Suicide, Assisted ethics, Suicide, Assisted legislation & jurisprudence
- 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).
- Published
- 2009