TY - JOUR T1 - A good death: is euthanasia the answer? JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 99 LP - 109 VL - 59 IS - 1 AU - Martin L. Smith AU - James Orlowski AU - Charles Radey AU - Giles Scofield Y1 - 1992/01/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/59/1/99.abstract N2 - Euthanasia—particularly active voluntary euthanasia—and assisted suicide are subjects of continuing controversy. Historical attitudes, current concerns, the situation in the Netherlands, and the positions of various medical associations are reviewed. Major arguments for and against active euthanasia are presented, with special consideration to the role that health care providers might be asked to perform should active euthanasia and assisted suicide be given societal sanction. The authors conclude that better pain management and A willingness to provide care within already established ethical and legal guidelines, not the legalization of active euthanasia and assisted suicide, are the appropriate responses to current proposals for assistance in dying. ER -