[Euthanasia as a moral problem in individual and social dimensions].
In the article, the author conducts a reasoning which results in a moral consent to perform an act of euthanasia on oneself. However, the problem of our times is the demand for the right to assisted euthanasia, particularly the doctor-assisted euthanasia. It is argued that the only situation in which an assistance in performing euthanasia finds a moral justification is a situation of a complete physical incapability to terminate a patient's own life. It is also argued that an assistant cannot be a doctor because in such a case we would be forced to acknowledge euthanasia as the final stage of the treatment process.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D028601:Euthanasia, Active / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011044:Poland; D012297:Right to Die; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics*; D026712:Value of Life