Thobaben James R
Christ Bioeth. 1997 Dec;3(3):222-48. doi: 10.1093/cb/3.3.222.
The position of the United Methodist Church on end-of-life decisions is best described as intentional ambiguity or ambiguous intentions or both. The paper analyzes the official position of the denomination and then considers the actions of a U.M.C. bishop who served as a foreman for a trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. In an effort to find some common ground within an increasingly divided denomination, the work concludes with a consideration of the work of John Wesley and his approach to human death.
联合卫理公会对于临终决策的立场,最好描述为有意的含糊不清、意图模糊或者两者皆有。本文分析了该教派的官方立场,然后考量了一位担任杰克·凯沃尔基安医生审判陪审团主席的联合卫理公会主教的行为。为了在日益分裂的教派中找到一些共同点,本文最后探讨了约翰·卫斯理的著作及其对待人类死亡的方式。