Several countries tolerate physician-assisted suicide provided five criteria are met. What are these criteria?
What will be an ideal response?
Physician-assisted suicide refers to situations in which a physician provides a dying patient with a fatal dose of medication that the patient then self-administers. Several countries, including Switzerland, Belgium, and Columbia, tolerate physician-assisted suicide. In 1984, the Dutch Supreme Court eliminated prosecution of physicians who assisted in suicides provided they met five criteria. These are (1) the patient's condition is intolerable with no hope for improvement, (2) no relief is available, (3) the patient is competent, (4) the patient makes a request repeatedly over time, and (5) two physicians have reviewed the case and agreed with the patient's request.
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