Euthanasia in Modern Society: the Topicality, Practicability, and Medical Aspect of the Problem

According to the results of sociological research in the late 1990s, 40% of deaths of seriously ill patients accounted for the facts of the use of passive euthanasia. In Russia, any form of euthanasia is prohibited. [...]in Article 45 of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On the Fundame...

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Published in:	Journal of pharmaceutical sciences and research Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 1360 - 1363
Main Authors:	Baksheev, A I, Turchina, Z E, Mineev, V V, Maksimov, S V, Rakhinsky, D V, Aisner, L Y
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cuddalore Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research 01-06-2018
Subjects:	Assisted suicide Bans Euthanasia Human rights Law Patients Physicians Right to die Society Netherlands Belgium United States > US Europe Russia
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Summary:	According to the results of sociological research in the late 1990s, 40% of deaths of seriously ill patients accounted for the facts of the use of passive euthanasia. In Russia, any form of euthanasia is prohibited. [...]in Article 45 of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On the Fundamentals of the Protection of Citizens' Health in the Russian Federation", under the unambiguous title "Prohibition of Euthanasia", it is written that medical personnel is prohibited to satisfy the patient's request to accelerate his death "by any actions (inactions) or means, including the cease of life-sustaining treatment" (The federal law "On the fundamentals of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation" [http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_121895/]). According to 15% of doctors, the non-use of euthanasia leads to the violation of other rights and freedoms of a terminally ill person, such as the right to freedom and the right to dignity. 36% of respondents raised an objection to euthanasia, and 18% refrained from answering. [...]from the point of view of social psychology, everything that is legalized is considered one that is encouraged by the state. [...]in order to avoid "unnecessary trouble", people (medical workers, relatives) with a low level of moral culture can simply turn such individually significant right of a patient into a fiction, resorting to an advantageous "abuse of the right", however, by "hands" of the patient himself.
ISSN:	0975-1459