Report of the Bioethics Committee of the State of Rhineland Palatinate (Bericht der Bioethik-Kommission des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz)
The Bioethics Commission of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate has the task of advising the state government on developments in the life sciences and on ethical, social, legal and economic aspects of new technologies in this field and their potential consequences. It was established in 1986 by the state's justice minister as requested by Rhineland-Palatinate's Council of Ministers (Ministerrat).
Bioethik-Kommission Rheinland-Pfalz (2004): Sterbehilfe und Sterbebegleitung, Ethische, rechtliche und medizinische Bewertung des Spannungsverhältnisses zwischen ärztlicher Lebenserhaltungspflicht und Selbstbestimmung des Patienten. Online version (German)