荷兰“人生完整”的人也可能合法安乐死
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The Dutch government intends to draft a law that would legalise assisted suicide for people who feel they have "completed life" but are not necessarily terminally ill.
 
荷兰政府计划起草一项法案,让那些感到“人生完整”但不一定处在绝症晚期的人可以合法进行安乐死。
 
The Netherlands was the first country to legalise euthanasia, in 2002, but only for patients who were considered to be suffering unbearable1 pain with no hope of a cure.
 
But in a letter to parliament on Wednesday, the health and justice ministers said that people who "have a well-considered opinion that their life is complete, must, under strict and careful criteria2, be allowed to finish that life in a manner dignified3 for them".
 
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.
 
The euthanasia policy has widespread backing in Dutch society, and cases have risen by double digits4 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.
 
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.


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1 unbearable alCwB     
adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的
参考例句:
  • It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
  • The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
2 criteria vafyC     
n.标准
参考例句:
  • The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
  • There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。
3 dignified NuZzfb     
a.可敬的,高贵的
参考例句:
  • Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence. 在整个审讯过程中,他始终沉默以保持尊严。
  • He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend. 他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。
4 digits a2aacbd15b619a9b9e5581a6c33bd2b1     
n.数字( digit的名词复数 );手指,足趾
参考例句:
  • The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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