Involuntary Mercy Killing During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Perspective of Health Law in Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.211102.161How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Involuntary Mercy Killing; Health Law; Indonesia

Abstract

In conditions full of uncertainty and overshadowed by despair, sometimes humans make irrational choices, one of which is when the patient’s family refuses treatment procedures and/or takes action to request medical personnel to remove or stop the function of life support medical devices to patients. which resulted in the patient’s death. Whether we realize it or not, this action is included in the category of involuntary mercy killing where the patient’s family has taken steps to hasten death without the patient’s request or consent. The purpose of this research is to study involuntary mercy killing or involuntary euthanasia from the perspective of health law in Indonesia, especially in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The approach method used is a conceptual approach and a statute approach. As a result, there is no specific regulation governing Involuntary Mercy Killing in health law in Indonesia. This legal vacuum is not good because it can confuse the community due to the absence of legal certainty in regulating social life. Currently, in public awareness of the practice of Involuntary Mercy Killing in the medical field, the context of Involuntary mercy killing only ends at the ethical level, not at the legal substance which is regulatory and has legal standing. It should be underlined that the moral value that is the main reference in the context of Involuntary mercy killing is to accelerate the duration or stop the suffering experienced by the patient to maintain human values, not to end the patient’s life which is then categorized as euthanasia. It is necessary to immediately develop health laws related to Euthanasia, especially involuntary mercy killing.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lisnawaty W. Badu
AU  - Jufryanto Puluhulawa
AU  - Suwitno Y. Imran
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/22
TI  - Involuntary Mercy Killing During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Perspective of Health Law in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Law Reform (INCLAR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 24
EP  - 27
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211102.161
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211102.161
ID  - Badu2021
ER  -