The proposal is likely to provoke critics who say the scope of Dutch euthanasia policy has already expanded beyond its original boundaries, with “unbearable suffering” not only applying to people with terminal diseases but also to some with mental illnesses and dementia.
该提案中,不仅是晚期绝症患者,一些精神疾病与痴呆症患者也符合“无法忍受的折磨”这一情况,这很可能激怒那些认为该国安乐死政策范围已经超出其最初边界的批评人士。
The euthanasia policy has widespread backing in Dutch society, and cases have risen by double digits every year for more than a decade as more patients request it and more doctors are willing to carry it out. Euthanasia accounted for 5,516 deaths in the Netherlands in 2015, or 3.9% of all deaths nationwide.
安乐死政策在荷兰获得了广泛支持,由于越来越多的病人要求安乐死,且更多的医生愿意执行安乐死,十多年来安乐死案例每年以两位数的速度不断增长。2015年,荷兰的安乐死案例为5516起,占全国死亡总人数的3.9%。
Edith Schippers, the health minister, wrote in the letter that “because the wish for a self-chosen end of life primarily occurs in the elderly, the new system will be limited to” them.
卫生部长伊迪丝•斯希普斯在信件中写道:“因为希望自主选择结束生命的主要是老年人,新制度将仅限于老年群体。”
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