Pravica do medicinske pomoči pri dokončanju življenja : magistrsko delo

Kuselj, Taja (author), Zaviršek, Darja (mentor), Pistotnik, Sara (comentor)

V magistrskem delu raziskujem mnenje socialnih delavk in delavcev ter zdravstvenih delavk in delavcev o medicinski pomoči pri dokončanju življenja. V teoretičnem delu opišem pravico do dostojne smrti, paliativno in hospic oskrbo, razložim, kakšna je ureditev tega področja v Sloveniji. Predstavim medicinsko pomoč pri dokončanju življenja, naredim pregled ureditev in zakonodaje na tem področju v državah po svetu in predstavim stališče, ki ga imamo do te tematike v Sloveniji. Odločila sem se za tematsko analizo, ker sem s pomočjo transkripcije intervjujev ugotavljala mnenje o medicinski pomoči pri dokončanju življenja. V empiričnem delu naloge sem za pridobivanje podatkov uporabila delno strukturiran intervju. Vzorec vključuje pet zdravstvenih delavk, ki delajo v domu za stare, in pet socialnih delavk, ki delajo v domu za stare. V raziskavi me je zanimalo, kakšno mnenje imajo do medicinske pomoči pri dokončanju življenja, na katere etične dileme pomislijo in kje tu vidijo prostor za socialno delo. Ugotovila sem, da socialne in zdravstvene delavke podpirajo medicinsko pomoč pri dokončanju življenja v primeru, da gre za trajno neozdravljivo bolezen z neizmernim trpljenjem in brez možnosti zdravljenja. Posameznik pa se za proces odloči sam. Menijo tudi, da v Sloveniji še nismo pripravljeni na uzakonitev Zakona o pomoči pri prostovoljnem končanju življenja, ker obstajajo pomisleki. Ugotovila sem, da ima največ vprašanih pomisleke glede urejenosti zakonodaje in možnosti zlorabe. Omenile so tudi verske zadržke in ekonomsko izkoriščanje. Prostor za socialno delo vidijo v podporni mreži uporabnika in svojcev, ki se soočajo z izgubo.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: dostojna smrt, paliativna oskrba, samomor z asistenco, končanje življenja na prošnjo, etične dileme, socialno delo
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [T. Kuselj]
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 182 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-155838
• Publication date in RUL: 23.04.2024

KUSELJ, Taja, 2024, Pravica do medicinske pomoči pri dokončanju življenja : magistrsko delo [online]. Master’s thesis. Ljubljana : T. Kuselj. [Accessed 15 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=155838

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The right to medical assistance in dying

Abstract

The master thesis presents opinion of social workers and health workers on the right to medical assistance in dying. In the theoretical part the right to dying with dignity, palliative and hospice care are described as well as the current regulations of this field in Slovenia are explained. Furthermore, medical assistance in dying is presented and an overview of regulations and legislation on this field in countries around the world is made, as well as the status of medical assistance in dying in Slovenia is presented. Thematic Analysis as a research method was used. Since the opinion about medical assistance in dying was acquired through transcription of interviews. A partially structured interview was used to gather the data. The sample included five health workers and five social workers who work in a nursing home. In the research we were interested in their view on medical assistance in dying, what ethical dilemmas they might have and where they think social work would fit on this field. We have come to the conclusion that social and health workers support the right to medical assistance in dying in case a person has terminal illness with immense suffering and there is no other treatment option. However, the individual must decide for the process himself. Interviewers believed that in Slovenia we are not ready to enact the Act of assistance in voluntary end of life yet, in order to avoid abuse. From this we can conclude, interviewers were most concerned about the regulation of legislation and the potential for abuse. Interviewers also mentioned religion and economic exploitation as ethical dilemmas. Based on the conducted interviews can be concluded that social work as the discipline can be seen as the support network for terminally ill people and their relatives facing the loss.

• Keywords: death with dignity, palliative care, assisted suicide, termination of life on request, ethical dilemmas