Elkeles B
Abteiling Geschichte der Medizin, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover.
Diskussionsforum Med Ethik. 1991 Mar(3):XV-XVI.
The modern understanding of suicide as a cry for help has to face the question, whether or not the human right of freedom of the will is respected. A second historically rooted concept rules suicide as an illegal act. A third concept accepts suicide as the ultimate refuge from unbearable suffering. It is problematic, because it does not respect sufficiently the value of human life.
现代将自杀理解为求助呼声的观点不得不面对这样一个问题，即意志自由的人权是否得到尊重。第二个有历史根源的概念将自杀规定为非法行为。第三个概念将自杀视为摆脱无法忍受痛苦的最终避难所。这是有问题的，因为它没有充分尊重人类生命的价值。
