Assisted suicide: Ethical considerations and the South African debate.

Autor: Van Eeden A; Chief Executive Officer, Doctors for Life International. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Nemutandani S; President, HPCSA; president, Association of Medical Councils of Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Meiring M; Course convenor, PG Dip Pal Med (Paeds), University of Cape Town; chief executive officer, Paedspal (paediatric palliative care non- governmental organisation); chair: PATCH-SA: South African Children's Palliative Care Network. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Honey LB; Clinical educator manager: Clinical Integrated Programs, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, and Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Steinberg HW; Associate professor/principal family practitioner, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Hardcastle T; Head of Clinical Department, Trauma and Burns, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital; KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health; Honorary Research Associate Professor in Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology; Honorary Associate Professor of Trauma and Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Bac M; Extraordinary lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Larsen JV; Retired community obstetrician and gynaecologist, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Michael K; Chairman, Christian Fellowship South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Louw M; Senior lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria and family physician, Tshwane District Health Services, South Africa. EugeneV@dfl.org.za., Sieling W; EugeneV@dfl.org.za.

Publikováno v: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 2024 May 31; Vol. 114 (6), pp. e2246. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 31.