倫理的な論争点
nすべり坂
–○同意無き患者、末期でない患者を安楽死させることになる
–×オランダ、ベルギーのようにセーフガードのある法を作るか、裁判所に申し出るようにすればよい
n苦痛緩和治療
–○進んだ苦痛緩和治療がある。苦しむことはない。
–×万能ではない。とくに精神的苦痛、尊厳。
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1983592.stm
Rachel Hurst, director of Disability Awareness in Action
"It would be a slippery slope and many people who did not want to die could be affected."
Ms Hurst said palliative care was now so sophisticated that it would have helped to ease Mrs Pretty's suffering considerably.
Dr Greg Gardner of the Medical Ethics Alliance, said Mrs Pretty's case had helped to bring the issue out into the open.
However, he said the case had served to emphasise that there was no right to die under law.
"Once you allow a little bit of euthanasia, you end up with quite a lot."
Assisted suicide is legal in Holland and Belgium, and tolerated in Germany and Switzerland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1957396.stm
Richard Green, of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, said its members were divided over the case.
He told BBC News: "There are many in the association who supported her application but equally there are people in the association who would have been horrified if there was a change in the law."
The Medical Ethics Alliance welcomed the verdict saying a "right-to-die" ruling would have put many disabled and elderly people at risk.
Dr Michael Wilks, of the British Medical Association, said: "The European Court of Human Rights has made the right decision."
Bruno Quintavalle of the anti-euthanasia ProLife Alliance said: "We are thankful but not surprised by the Strasbourg court's unanimous rejection of her claim to have a right to die under the European Convention on Human Rights."