Pollard B, Winton R
Palliative Care Service, Concord Hospital, Greenwich, NSW.
Med J Aust. 1993 Mar 15;158(6):426-9. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb121843.x.
Euthanasia continues to be a subject of lively interest to many groups in society. It is often discussed in terms which appeal to those who believe there is no other way to relieve the sufferings of the dying, but which fail to explore its important ethical, professional and legal aspects. When these are examined, it is seen that the legalization of euthanasia would create major problems in medicine and nursing, chiefly centred on the likelihood of abuse and the difficulty or impossibility of its detection. It is now known from official sources that in Holland, the only place where euthanasia is widely practised though in defiance of the law, the authorities have no control over it, and it is indeed associated with many abuses, including the frequent killing of persons without their consent.
安乐死仍然是社会上许多群体热烈关注的话题。人们在讨论时往往使用一些说法，这些说法吸引了那些认为没有其他办法可以减轻垂死者痛苦的人，但却没有探讨其重要的伦理、专业和法律方面。当对这些方面进行审视时，可以发现安乐死合法化会在医学和护理领域引发重大问题，主要集中在被滥用的可能性以及难以察觉或无法察觉的问题上。现在从官方渠道得知，在荷兰，尽管法律禁止，但安乐死却广泛实施，当局对此无法控制，而且确实存在许多滥用情况，包括经常未经他人同意就将其杀害。
