Conflict of interest in medical doctors


  • Moral dilemmas of physicians
  • Doubt about prescribing euthanasia
  • Conflict of interest in pharmacists
  • Chemists' conflict of interest
  • Violating Hippocratic oaths

Nature

Physicians may feel morally obliged to offer the the medical treatments that their patients would prefer, but simultaneously not wish to offer treatments injurious to the patient's health. Killing the patient at anyone's request, including the patient's, may seem sinful.

Background

By way of honouring doctors' moral values, the Dutch government permits any doctor to refuse to perform euthanasia. However, the doctor who refuses prescribe the lethal drugs for the patient must report his refusal, and further seek a doctor who is willing to help the patient commit suicide.

Incidence

The reported incidence of euthanasia in the Netherlands has risen steadily, and was 1436 in 1994. The rise reflects an increasing willingness among physicians to report the requests, rather than a rise in patients' demand.


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