Doctors' Chamber No to euthanasia

Doctors' Chambers: No to euthanasia

13/12/2014

The German Medical Association remains at her no to suicide. Physicians in this country would indeed help with dying, but not to die. Since some seriously ill people travel to neighboring Switzerland to receive euthanasia, the discussion about the controversial topic is likely to continue in this country as well.

No to suicide aid
Regardless of the discussion about euthanasia in politics and society, the German Medical Association in Germany remains at its no to suicide subsidy. This is reported by the news agency AFP. A statement released Friday after a board meeting of the German Medical Association states that all doctors in Germany should be given help in dying but not dying. It is also reported that the professional regulations of the medical associations formulated uniformly and nationwide that it was the task of doctors, „to preserve life, to protect and restore health, to alleviate suffering and to assist the dying“.

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The position was reported to the news agency dpa by the President of the Federal Medical Association, Frank Ulrich Montgomery in the presence of 17 regional representatives. There is no approach to changing the professional code. It could not be said that in this position there is a patchwork in Germany, although some regional medical associations differ in their professional regulations from the wording of the German Medical Association. No legal change is needed, said Montgomery addressed to the policy, except a ban on commercial euthanasia organizations.

„Suicide tourism“ to Switzerland
However, the discussion about the highly controversial topic is likely to continue after this no. Although suicide is forbidden in Germany as well as in most other European countries, there is no correspondingly clear legal regulation in Switzerland. Therefore, some seriously ill Germans travel too „Suicide tourism“ to the neighboring country. Common causes of suicide in Switzerland, according to experts, among other neurological diseases, cancer, rheumatic diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Often sufferers also suffered from several diseases simultaneously. (Ad)

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