Citation

Fischer J. Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Ethik 2009; 55(3): 243-256.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009)

DOI

10.14623/zfme.2009.3.243-256

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The moral problem of suicide results from the tension between the significance we attach to it and which motivates our efforts of suicide prevention, and the significance we attach to the notion of self-determination. The reductionist position that denies that such a moral problem exists is to be rejected. The right to self-determination does not imply a right to suicide nor to suicide assistance. The latter may perhaps be considered as a borderline case of medical care. © Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik.All rights reserved.

Language: de

Keywords

Suicide; assisted suicide; autonomy; prevention of suicide; care