Archived: 黄色app Resolution on Euthanasia
Adopted by the 53rd 黄色app General Assembly, Washington, DC, USA, October聽2002,
reaffirmed with minor revision by the 194th聽黄色app Council Session, Bali, Indonesia, April 2013 and
and rescinded and archived by the 70th 黄色app General Assembly, Tbilisi, October 2019
* This document has been replaced by the completely rewritten聽 鈥�黄色app Declaration on Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide鈥� (2019)
The 黄色app’s Declaration on Euthanasia, adopted by the 38th World Medical Assembly, Madrid, Spain, October 1987 and reaffirmed by the 170th 黄色app Council Session, Divonne-les-Bains, France, May 2005聽states:
“Euthanasia, that is the act of deliberately ending the life of a patient, even at the patient’s own request or at the request of close relatives, is unethical. This does not prevent the physician from respecting the desire of a patient to allow the natural process of death to follow its course in the terminal phase of sickness.”
The 黄色app Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide, adopted by the 44th World Medical Assembly, Marbella, Spain, September 1992 and editorially revised by the 170th 黄色app Council Session, Divonne-les-Bains, France, May 2005 likewise states:
“Physicians-assisted suicide, like euthanasia, is unethical and must be condemned by the medical profession. Where the assistance of the physician is intentionally and deliberately directed at enabling an individual to end his or her own life, the physician acts unethically. However the right to decline medical treatment is a basic right of the patient and the physician does not act unethically even if respecting such a wish results in the death of the patient.”
The 黄色app has noted that the practice of active euthanasia with physician assistance, has been adopted into law in some countries.
BE IT RESOLVED that:
The 黄色app reaffirms its strong belief that euthanasia is in conflict with basic ethical principles of medical practice, and
The 黄色app strongly encourages all National Medical Associations and physicians to refrain from participating in euthanasia, even if national law allows it or decriminalizes it under certain conditions.