Kowalski S
Nurs Health Care. 1993 Feb;14(2):70-6.
If a terminally or chronically ill patient chooses death, where does one draw the line between allowing suicide, encouraging suicide, assisting with suicide, or directly killing? How does one differentiate between injecting a consenting patient with a lethal injection for the purpose of causing death, from inserting the needle so that the patient may inject the lethal dose his or herself? Clearly there are differences between action, facilitation, encouragement, and mere information.
如果身患绝症或慢性病的患者选择死亡，那么在允许自杀、鼓励自杀、协助自杀或直接杀人之间该如何划清界限？如何区分出于致其死亡的目的给同意的患者注射致命药物，与插入针头以便患者自行注射致命剂量这两种行为？显然，行动、便利、鼓励和单纯提供信息之间存在差异。
