[General directions for the care of the dying patient by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (author's transl)].
The medical ethical and legal principles for the care of the dying are given, different for the patient with judgement and for the inconscieous patient. Contrary to the patient in danger of death (Moriturus) where the doctor has the duty to save the live, in the case of the dying (Moribundus), where the disease is irreversible and the prognosis irremediable, passive euthanasy is permitted. Here the human assistance from man to man is essential. In a separate paper of the directions answer is given to special medical questions in the care of the dying.
D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D013557:Switzerland; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*
Richtlinien für die Sterbehilfe der Schweizerischen Akademie der medizinischen Wissenschaften. A. Inhalt und Bewertung und B. Text.