Palliative
Medicine, Feb 2016, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 104-116
Radbruch,
Lukas, Leget, Carlo, Bahr, Patrick, Müller-Busch, Christof, Ellershaw, John, de
Conno, Franco, Vanden Berghe, Paul, board members of the EAPC
This white
paper aims to provide an ethical framework for palliative care professionals on
euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. It also aims to provide an overview
on the available evidence as well as a discourse of ethical principles related
to these issues. Following a consensus process which sought comments and opinion from experts and nationals organisations this final
version was adopted as an official position paper of the European Association
for Palliative Care in April 2015.
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