Bioethics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Department of Medical Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Mar;88(4):1628-1646. doi: 10.1177/00302228211066681. Epub 2021 Dec 28.
A small proportion of older people in the Netherlands want to end their lives because they feel their lives to be 'completed' and no longer worth living. Currently, there is heated debate over whether or not these people should have the right to euthanasia. Drawing on previous research, we conduct a heuristic analysis of views and experiences of three different 'parties' involved in this debate, namely, the older people, their relatives and friends and medical professionals. The views of these three groups tend to be divergent and conflicting, posing a difficult dilemma to decision-makers.
一小部分荷兰老年人希望结束自己的生命，因为他们觉得自己的生活已经“完成”，没有继续活下去的意义。目前，人们正在激烈争论这些人是否应该有权接受安乐死。本研究借鉴以往的研究成果，对这一争论涉及的三个不同“利益方”（老年人、他们的亲属和朋友以及医疗专业人员）的观点和经历进行启发式分析。这三个群体的观点往往存在分歧和冲突，这给决策者带来了一个难题。
