Framing euthanasia

THE CONUNDRUM OF EUTHANASIA

Passive euthanasia.

The idea of passive euthanasia has recently been attacked in a particularly clear and explicit way by an "Ethics Task Force" established by the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) in February 2001. It claims that the expression "passive euthanasia" is a contradiction in terms and hence that there can be no such thing. This paper critically assesses the main arguments for the Task For...

Legal euthanasia in Belgium: characteristics of all reported euthanasia cases.

OBJECTIVES To study the reported medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium since implementation of the euthanasia law. RESEARCH DESIGN Analysis of the anonymous database of all euthanasia cases reported to the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee Euthanasia. SUBJECTS All euthanasia cases reported by physicians for review between implementation of the euthanasia law on September 22nd, 20...

Drowning is not euthanasia

Historically, there has been considerable discussion within the nuisance wildlife control and trapping communities as to whether drowning is a humane method for killing animals. The issue received more attention in 1993, when the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel on Euthanasia reaffirmed its position that drowning is an unacceptable method (Andrews et al. 1993). For this article, ...

An education in euthanasia.