Simillis Constantinos
School of Law, MA Health Care Ethics and Law by Distance Learning, University of Manchester, Department of General Surgery, Peterborough Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Med Sci Law. 2008 Jul;48(3):191-8. doi: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.3.191.
When medical treatment becomes futile, or the patient's suffering is intractable, doctors face the agonising dilemma of whether to proceed with euthanasia. It is important for a doctor to be familiar with the law surrounding euthanasia, in order to avoid prosecution. This paper explores the law in England and Wales regarding the different categories of euthanasia: voluntary euthanasia, nonvoluntary euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and active euthanasia.
当医疗救治变得徒劳无益，或者患者的痛苦无法缓解时，医生就会面临是否实施安乐死这一令人痛苦的两难困境。医生熟悉围绕安乐死的法律很重要，以免遭到起诉。本文探讨了英格兰和威尔士关于不同类型安乐死的法律：自愿安乐死、非自愿安乐死、被动安乐死和主动安乐死。
