向北荷兰省检察官报告的艾滋病患者安乐死及医生协助自杀案例。
Cases of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide among AIDS patients reported to the Public Prosecutor in North Holland.
作者信息
Onwuteaka-Philipsen B D, van der Wal G
机构信息
Vrije Universiteit, Department of General Practice, Nursing Home Medicine, Social Medicine and Health and Culture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
出版信息
Public Health. 1998 Jan;112(1):53-6. doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(98)00207-8.
BACKGROUND
Euthanasia is performed relatively frequently among AIDS patients.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relationship between euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (EAS) and AIDS.
METHODS
A descriptive retrospective study in which data was collected from all cases of EAS which were reported to the Public Prosecutor in North Holland between 1984 and 1993.
RESULTS
In 7% of the reported cases of EAS the patient had AIDS, and in most of these cases the physician involved was a general practitioner. Both the percentage of AIDS among the cases of EAS and the percentage of EAS among all deaths due to AIDS increased over the years. In 1992, 23% of all deaths due AIDS were reported as cases of EAS.
CONCLUSIONS
It seems, in recent years, that EAS has been performed on at least one out of three AIDS patients, which is a far greater percentage than found among other patients.
背景
安乐死在艾滋病患者中实施得相对频繁。
目的
探讨安乐死与医生协助自杀（EAS）及艾滋病之间的关系。
方法
进行一项描述性回顾性研究，收集1984年至1993年间向北荷兰检察官报告的所有EAS病例的数据。
结果
在报告的EAS病例中，7%的患者患有艾滋病，且在大多数此类病例中，涉及的医生为全科医生。多年来，EAS病例中艾滋病患者的比例以及艾滋病导致的所有死亡中EAS的比例均有所上升。1992年，所有艾滋病相关死亡病例中有23%被报告为EAS病例。
结论
近年来，似乎每三名艾滋病患者中至少有一人接受了EAS，这一比例远高于其他患者。
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