title: Illness, suffering and voluntary euthanasia.
abstract: It is often accepted that we may legitimately speak about voluntary euthanasia only in cases of persons who are suffering because they are incurably injured or have an incurable disease. This article argues that when we consider the moral acceptability of voluntary euthanasia, we have no good reason to concentrate only on persons who are ill or injured and suffering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Turku, FIN-20014 University of Turku, Finland. varelius@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varelius
mesh_terms: D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*