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Euthanasia and criminal law
Studenovský, Miloš ; Císařová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Vokoun, Rudolf (referee)
Euthanasia and criminal law If we wish to speak about euthanasia, it is necessary to say, what really mean this term. The noun "euthanasia" came from Greek language and it is composed from two Greek nouns, "eu" and "thanatos". The noun "eu" mean good and the noun "thanatos" mean dead. Euthanasia can be also translated as a good dead. View of euthanasia in the history was different. In antiquity people look at euthanasia otherwise than Christian society. About euthanasia spoke Nazis too, but the really term euthanasia is different from horrible Nazi policy. Nowadays is term euthanasia use for speaking about put to death patients in the finally stadium of their incurable illnesses. Euthanasia can be divided into three situations. Accordingly we speak about three kinds of euthanasia, passive euthanasia, active direct euthanasia and active indirect euthanasia. About passive euthanasia we speak in situations, when incurable ill patient refused medical help and owing to he died. Patient's dead come naturally without some assistance from the part of medical staff. In majority of states is passive euthanasia respected and it is practise in accordance with laws. As active indirect euthanasia is indicated situation, when patient died because of rise dose of medicaments. It is usual, that patients use some...
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