Citation

Elkeles B. Diskussionsforum Med. Ethik 1991; (3): XV-XVI.

Vernacular Title

Suizidverhutung als etisches Problem.

Affiliation

Abteiling Geschichte der Medizin, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Blackwell MVZ)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2038839

Abstract

The modern understanding of suicide as a cry for help has to face the question, whether or not the human right of freedom of the will is respected. A second historically rooted concept rules suicide as an illegal act. A third concept accepts suicide as the ultimate refuge from unbearable suffering. It is problematic, because it does not respect sufficiently the value of human life.

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