Author/Editor		Trontelj, Jože
Title		Razmišljanja o evtanaziji v Evropi in Sloveniji
Translated title		Euthanasia debate in Europe and in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Obz Zdrav Nege
Vol. and No.		Letnik 37, št. 4
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 253-8
Language		slo
Abstract		Respect for human life is one of the fundamental values of our civilisation. It is guaranteed by national constitutions as well as international agreements, such as the European Convention on Human Rights. In many countries, publicly expressed demands to acknowledge the right to euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide are on an increase. Two European States have legalised euthanasia, and Oregon in the U.S.A. has legalised the right to physician-assisted suicide. Elsewhere euthanasia remains a crime punishable as homicide. In the framework of the Council of Europe, initiatives have been taken to encourage better protection of human rights and dignity of the terminally ill and the dying. The majority of discussants recommend development of palliative care as the ethically acceptable alternative to legalisation of euthanasia. The Slovene National Medical Ethics Committee, as well as many Slovene physicians support this view.
Summary		Spoštovanje človeškega življenja je ena temeljnih vrednot današnje civilizacije. Garantirajo jo ustave držav, pa tudi mednarodni dogovori, kot je Evropska konvencija o človekovih pravicah. V mnogih deželah se v javnosti krepi zahteva po pravici do evtanazije ali samomora z zdravniško pomočjo. Dve evropski državi sta evtanazijo legalizirali, v ZDA pa ima Oregon uzakonjeno pravico do zdravniške pomoči pri samomoru. Drugod je evtanazija zločin, ki se kaznuje kot umor.V okviru Sveta Evrope tečejo prizadevanja za boljše varstvo pravic in dostojanstva bolnih na smrt in umirajočih. Večina razpravljalcev se zavzema za razvoj paliativne oskrbe kot etično sprejemljive alternative legalizaciji evtanazije. Temu stališču se pridružuje komisija R. Slovenije za medicinsko etiko in številni slovenski zdravniki.
Descriptors		EUTHANASIA EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE SUICIDE, ASSISTED EUROPE SLOVENIA