关键词: end-of life euthanasia legal media psychiatric disorders

来  源:   DOI:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1050086   PDF(Pubmed)

Abstract:
UNASSIGNED: Belgium is one of the few countries worldwide where euthanasia on the grounds of unbearable suffering caused by a psychiatric disorder is legally possible. In April 2010 euthanasia was carried out on a 38-year-old Belgian woman with borderline personality disorder and/or autism. After a complaint by the family, three physicians were referred to the Court of Assizes on the charge of \"murder by poisoning\".
UNASSIGNED: A content analysis of print and online news coverage of the euthanasia case in a selected sample of Flemish newspapers and magazines, published between December 1, 2019 and March 1, 2020, was conducted to analyze the prominence and framing of the euthanasia case, as well as the portrayal of key figures in this case. A quantitative analysis, as well as an in-depth qualitative analysis (with the aid of NVivo 1.0 software) was performed.
UNASSIGNED: One thousand two hundred fifteen news articles were identified through database searching. Of these, 789 articles were included after screening for relevance and eligibility. Mean prominence scores were moderate and did not statistically significantly differ between newspapers with a different historical ideological background or form (elite versus popular). The most frequent headline topics featured legal aspects (relating to the Belgian Euthanasia Law or the course of the trial). Headlines and content of most articles (90 and 89%, respectively) did not contain an essential standpoint on the euthanasia case itself or, if they did, were neutral. Historical ideological background, nor form of newspaper (elite versus popular) significantly influenced headline tone or article direction toward the euthanasia case. Despite this, our qualitative analysis showed some subtle differences in selection, statement or tonality of reports between certain newspapers with a different historical ideological background.
UNASSIGNED: Although major Flemish newspapers and magazines generally were neutral in their coverage of the judicial case, major points of contention discussed were: the need for an evaluation and possible amendments to the existing Euthanasia Law, including a revision of the Belgian Control Commission and the system of penalties for physicians, and the absence of any consensus or guidance on how to define psychological suffering.
摘要:
UNASSIGNED:比利时是世界上为数不多的几个国家之一,在法律上可以以精神疾病造成的无法忍受的痛苦为由安乐死。2010年4月,一名38岁的比利时女性患有边缘性人格障碍和/或自闭症。在家人投诉后,三名医生因“中毒谋杀”被移交给巡回法院。
UNASSIGNED:在佛兰德报纸和杂志的选定样本中,对安乐死案的印刷和在线新闻报道进行内容分析,于2019年12月1日至2020年3月1日期间发布,对安乐死案的突出和框架进行了分析,以及关键人物在这种情况下的描述。定量分析,并进行了深入的定性分析(借助NVivo1.0软件).
UNASISIGNED:通过数据库搜索识别出一千二百十五篇新闻文章。其中,在筛选相关性和资格后,纳入了789篇文章。在具有不同历史意识形态背景或形式(精英与流行)的报纸之间,平均突出得分中等,在统计学上没有显着差异。最常见的标题主题包括法律方面(与比利时安乐死法或审判过程有关)。大多数文章的标题和内容(90%和89%,分别)没有包含安乐死案本身的基本观点,或者,如果他们做了,是中立的。历史的思想背景,报纸的形式(精英与流行)也没有显着影响安乐死案的标题语气或文章方向。尽管如此,我们的定性分析显示了选择上的一些细微差别,具有不同历史意识形态背景的某些报纸之间的报道的陈述或调性。
联合国调查委员会:尽管主要的佛兰德报纸和杂志对司法案件的报道通常是中立的,讨论的主要争论点是:需要对现有的安乐死法进行评估和可能的修正,包括对比利时控制委员会的修订和对医生的惩罚制度,以及在如何定义心理痛苦方面缺乏任何共识或指导。
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