Attitudes toward Euthanasia of Students of Law and Medicine in Serbia

摘要

Who is the owner of human life and body? Human civilization is trying to answer this question for centuries, but without great success. These are seemingly philosophical questions; however, responses can have quite practical consequences ( ). If a person who is in the terminal phase, in a certain situation wish to end his/her life, this can happen with the active or passive role of a physician. In the Republic of Serbia, as the country in which euthanasia (hereinafter: VAE) is prescribed as a criminal offense ( ), there have not been many empirical types of research in relation to the attitudes of the population about VAE.