The regulation of euthanasia: how successful is the Dutch system?

摘要: Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have been legal in the Netherlands since 1984, first by judicial legislation 2002 statute, if enacted a doctor who meets number of requirements due care makes it possible to assess whether he or she met them. How successful is this Dutch model? The answer that question course depends on what we understand "success" mean. In chapter, I will try extent which model its own terms. therefore start §1 explaining underlying morality law, informs both substantive procedural care. This give us frame reference need for judging success system. Of course, many people not be happy with these moral foundations system themselves because their view, they do sufficiently respect either sanctity human life autonomy patients. For such people, inherently flawed too liberal paternalistic. Even them, however, some interest evaluated terms common view foreign observers has always failed as such. §2 §3 discuss main points criticism, concern reporting rate cases patients’ lives ended without explicit request. addition, §4 consider criticism doctors terminal sedation should often seen euthanasia (and reported such), §5 whole monitoring control only facade, never leads criminal sanctioning any violating requirements.