Biggs H
Kent Law School, UK.
Crim Law Rev. 1996 Dec:878-88.
This article questions whether the law of homicide is an appropriate mechanism to adjudicate the humanitarian issues involved in voluntary euthanasia; particularly where painful protracted dying appears inherently more harmful than euthanasia. The author suggests that even if euthanasia can provide death with dignity this will not be achieved while the law requires the undignified criminalisation of the practitioner.
本文质疑杀人法是否是裁决自愿安乐死所涉及人道主义问题的适当机制；特别是在痛苦的长期死亡似乎本质上比安乐死更有害的情况下。作者认为，即使安乐死能够让人有尊严地死去，但只要法律将实施者定为刑事犯罪，使其失去尊严，这一点就无法实现。
