| Title: | The right to die through the analysis of the Slovenian voluntary assisted dying bill |
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| Authors: | ID Bračič, Andrej (Author) |
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| Files: |  https://journals.um.si/index.php/medicine/article/view/5504
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UZUM - University of Maribor Press
PF - Faculty of Law
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| Abstract: | This article provides an analysis of the Slovenian Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, in both its previous and amended versions, which is founded upon the paradigm “My life, my right”. The original bill, which was regarded as highly liberal, contained numerous exceptions that effectively allowed euthanasia for all individuals with chronic illnesses or disabilities. This analysis critically examines the most controversial legal provisions of the bill and anticipates consequences should it be implemented, particularly from the perspective of vulnerable healthcare users. The analysis demonstrates that the original formulation of the right to medically assisted dying conflicts with the foundational principles of the healthcare system and is inconsistent with the Patient Rights Act. The amended Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill provides physicians with the options to both reject medically assisted dying applications and to employ safeguards to protect patients in transitional distress from premature death.Ta članek ponuja analizo slovenskega predloga zakona o prostovoljnem končanju življenja, in sicer v njegovi prvotni ter spremenjeni različici, ki temelji na paradigmi »Moje življenje, moja pravica«. Prvotni predlog zakona, ki je veljal za zelo liberalnega, je vseboval številne izjeme, ki so dejansko omogočale evtanazijo za vse osebe s kroničnimi boleznimi ali invalidnostjo. Analiza kritično obravnava najbolj sporne pravne določbe predloga zakona ter predvideva posledice njegove morebitne uveljavitve, zlasti z vidika ranljivih uporabnikov zdravstvenih storitev. Pokaže se, da prvotna formulacija pravice do medicinske pomoči pri končanju življenja nasprotuje temeljnim načelom zdravstvenega sistema in je v neskladju z Zakonom o pacientovih pravicah. Spremenjeni predlog zakona o prostovoljnem končanju življenja zdravnikom omogoča tako zavrnitev vlog za medicinsko pomoč pri končanju življenja kot tudi uporabo zaščitnih ukrepov za varovanje pacientov v prehodni stiski pred prezgodnjo smrtjo |
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| Keywords: | euthanasia, medical aid in dying, legal regulation, patient rights, disabled persons |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.10.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 359-374 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 18, no. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-96375  |
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| UDC: | 179.7:349.3 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2463-7955 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 262634755 |
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| DOI: | 10.18690/mls.18.2.259-374.2025 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 02.02.2026 |
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| Views: | 83 |
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| Downloads: | 3 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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