Euthanasia , literally "good death", is death that is caused intentionally to end the suffering of an incurable patient. We talk about passive euthanasia where death occurs for the suspension of treatment.
Of active euthanasia when it is caused by the medication. Having determined that the inability to care for a disease will worsen, as an end-stage cancer, the patient requires the doctor coming off the machines or at least suspend the processing of support that keep it alive. A situation similar to that active euthanasia is the assisted suicide, but there The doctor attends only. And 'the patient himself or his family from this set, to deal with physically perform the practices that led to the death. The doctor only has to stipulate the necessary drugs for the purpose and provide information on dosages and routes of administration.
In practice, therefore, it is a real form of suicide , which uses mostly drugs with direct action on the nervous system, such as barbiturates and hypnotics in high doses. Some years ago, Piergiorgio Welby, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, co-president of Concioni, which opposes the prohibitionist laws of science, wrote a letter to the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano , to request euthanasia. Not as dignified death, but as "appropriate death" to close biological existence. The role of the most discussed subject, is that doctors should be allowed to administer the "death", the contravention of the Hippocratic Oath.
The Church has, of course, thrown against euthanasia, calling a disturbing perversion of mercy that should, instead, make solidarity with the suffering of others. . The ethical guidelines of the contemporary world are moving in a narrow sense. There are two "faces" of a complex path, that the conscience of experts is urging scientists, bioethicists and politicians to demand the death by those who no longer hope for a cure.
The good death in some countries, is already regulated albeit with different definitions, from case to case, looking to start legal. In contrast, the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on Bioethics which strictly prohibits physicians to practice euthanasia.
In Italy none of the above mentioned practices is authorized by law , but in 2001, the Health Commission of the Senate has ratified the European Convention on Biomedicine which provides living will, as a form of "Informed Consent .
You will recall a passage from the Hippocratic Oath : \u0026lt;\u0026lt;I will not lead the prayer of anyone, whoever he is, pouring out in a poison or give my advice in a similar contingency>>. And yet, by the oath of Florence Nightingale: \u0026lt;\u0026lt;L'infermiera must abstain from any evil or harmful practice and should not be administered drugs knowingly nocivi>>.
must state emphatically that the dying has the right to be considered a person to death, to be informed and not misled. has the right to have relieved pain and suffering, continuous nursing care and the environment you want. should not be interventions that prolong dying. has the right to psychological and spiritual comfort in accordance with its terms of faith, closer to his loved ones and not in isolation or loneliness. to die peacefully and with dignity.
The civilization of a people is measured by the ability to serve life.
Victory Giunta
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