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COMMENTS ON THE EAPC ETHICS TASK FORCE'S STATEMENT ON EUTHANASIA AND PAS COMMENTS ON THE EAPC ETHICS TASK FORCE'S STATEMENT ON EUTHANASIA AND PAS Dr Paulina Taboada Profesor Centro de Bioetica Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Alameda 340 Correo Central 1 Santiago, Chile This month, I shall interrupt my reflections on human dignity and devote this article to brief comments on four points of the EAPC Ethics Task Force's Statement on Euthanasia and PAS (cf. Palliative Medicine 2003, 17, 2: 97 - 101). A slightly different version of these comments has been already published in the above-mentioned volume (pp.134 - 135). First, I agree with the idea that the often-adduced distinctions between 'voluntary', 'non-voluntary' and 'involuntary' euthanasia, as well as the distinction between 'active' and 'passive' euthanasia should be rejected, as they only serve to introduce conceptual confusions in the euthanasia debate. Full Article: http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/monthlypiece/eithics2003/pom_may03.htm


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