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Euthanasia

concept · in 5 sources (2017–2018)

Deliberately ending a patient's life to relieve suffering.

Sources by year: 2017: 1 · 2018: 4

Threads

Also named in the threads: Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Assisted suicide (11) · Charlotte (6) · United Kingdom (6) · Molly Hunt (6) · Do not resuscitate (2) · Medical ethics (3) · Best interests (2) · Four principles of medical ethics (2) · NHS (2) · Medicine interview (4)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-01-10 · Euthanasia - Medical Ethics and Law at the end of life — Ali says there is a lot of confusion around the terms active euthanasia, passive euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, and many medicine applicants use them in the wrong context. — 00:00:00
    • a guest: Active euthanasia, passive euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are all illegal in the UK, because intending to end someone's life constitutes murder. — 00:06:10
    • Ali says applicants asked about euthanasia should structure their answer with the four principles, then add the legal status of euthanasia and perhaps the Dr Cox case, which would help them stand out. — 00:15:27
    • Ali personally thinks UK law should be changed to allow a little more leeway for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. — 00:16:51
  • 2018-01-17 · Legalising Assisted Suicide? - Medical Ethics and Law — recommendation: Ali suggests watching the third video of his medical ethics series, on euthanasia, before this one on assisted suicide. — 00:00:00
    • Ali says the law on assisted suicide is not very high-yield for medicine interviews: applicants revising should focus on the ethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, which interviewers are very likely to ask about. — 00:00:58
    • Ali says the candid discussion of suicide and euthanasia in his assisted suicide video is not required knowledge for getting into medical school. — 00:02:26
    • Ali says physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia and "passive euthanasia" are all completely illegal in the UK, and a physician who helped a patient commit suicide would be prosecuted. — 00:13:52
    • Charlotte gives the argument that legal euthanasia and assisted suicide could pressure vulnerable and elderly people to end their lives because they feel a burden to their families and the NHS. — 00:20:11
    • Charlotte argues against legalisation that the aim of medicine is to preserve life, and legalising one form of intentional killing is a slippery slope. — 00:23:15
  • 2018-01-27 · Charlie Gard - Medical Ethics and Law — Ali says the Charlie Gard case was not euthanasia, despite many outlets saying so: euthanasia is acting with the intent to kill, and in Charlie's case the intent was never to kill. — 00:21:38
    • Abi 5A9Ae87434: Abi says by many definitions euthanasia means intending the patient to die, while the UK distinguishes intending death from foreseeing it as a side effect of withdrawing treatment. — 00:23:17
  • …and 8 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2017