@article{ref1,
title="Legislation on euthanasia in Germany",
journal="Gynäkologe, Der",
year="2007",
author="Schöch, H.",
volume="40",
number="12",
pages="954-959",
abstract="Legislation is supposed to facilitate responsible medical decisions by doctors in the context of terminal care, whereas legal uncertainty often leads to an extensive &quot;medicine of justification&quot; that contradicts medical ethos. In contrast to a widespread misinterpretation, the termination or limitation of life-supporting measures (e. g. parenteral nutrition) is not a forbidden active euthanasia, but an unprohibited passive euthanasia, if the patient has expressly asked for it, if he has ordered to do so within a valid advance directive in case of his inability to decide, if this is according to his presumed will or if the dying process has already begun. Whereas active euthanasia remains a criminal act in Germany, assisted suicide is not prohibited, even though it is rejected by the majority of doctors for reasons of occupational ethics. © 2007 Springer Medizin Verlag.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0017-5994",
doi="10.1007/s00129-007-2074-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00129-007-2074-8"
}