Citation

Fenner D. Ethik Med. 2007; 19(3): 200-214.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00481-007-0515-5

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The topic of this essay is the chances and risks of a possible legalization of assistance to suicide. Counterarguments against this legalization are discussed and analyzed in three thematic groups: "Slippery slope" arguments, arguments of "moral pressure", and the fear of the "loss of solidarity in society" and the "endangering of the physician-patient relationship". These counterarguments prove to be non-cogent in the case of criteria and standards of suicide assistance in legal form being developed and controlled by the government. © 2007 Springer Medizin Verlag.

Language: de

Keywords

Assistance to suicide; Medical ethics; Slippery slope argument