Physician Responsibility for Euthanasia (IN: Euthanasia: the Good of the Patient, the Good of Society, ed. by R I Misbin

Topics discussed in this chapter include: terminology, the realm of physician responsibility, the moral distinction between active & passive euthanasia, euthanasia & the goals of medicine, physician responsibility for euthanasia & the Hippocratic Oath, physician participation in euthanasia & the slippery slope, physician responsibility for euthanasia & patient autonomy, physician responsibilty for euthanasia & consequential considerations, & the requirements for physician participation in euthanasia. (30 refs.)