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ILLNESS, SUFFERING AND VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA
Author(s) -
VARELIUS JUKKA
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00527.x
Subject(s) - medicine , principle of double effect , resuscitation orders , psychiatry , disease , psychology , law , political science , surgery , resuscitation , pathology , cardiopulmonary resuscitation
It is often accepted that we may legitimately speak about voluntary euthanasia only in cases of persons who are suffering because they are incurably injured or have an incurable disease. This article argues that when we consider the moral acceptability of voluntary euthanasia, we have no good reason to concentrate only on persons who are ill or injured and suffering.