停止透析是犯罪吗?

  • 天主教、东正教和许多新教教会教导说,患者可以停止那些负担超过其益处的治疗(如透析),这样做并不属于自杀。
  • 《天主教教理》允许停止“繁重、危险、非常规或不成比例”的医疗程序,但禁止中断常规护理(CCC 2278–2279)。
  • 美国东正教会不反对在患者意愿下移除无法带来明显益处的生命维持系统,但它拒绝安乐死。
  • 路德宗、美南浸信会、联合卫理公会和基督复临安息日会的声明或发言人将“允许死亡”与“导致死亡”区分开来。
  • 美国国家肾脏基金会表示,患者有权停止透析;停止透析的人可能会存活一到几周,而死于肾衰竭通常是无痛的。
  • 圣经中没有提到透析;它禁止谋杀(出埃及记 20:13),同时也记录了与祈祷并用的医疗补救措施(列王纪下 20:1–7)。

No, not in itself. Catholic, Orthodox and many Protestant churches teach that a patient may stop a treatment whose burdens outweigh its benefits, and that doing so is not suicide. What they forbid is ending a life on purpose. The Bible does not mention dialysis, but it forbids murder (Exodus 20:13). What happens when someone stops dialysis? Dialysis is a treatment that, in the words of the National Kidney Foundation, “helps your body remove extra fluid and waste products from…

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