Modules Lack of alternatives of euthanasia The burden of proof Conditional permissibility of euthanasia Charta for the care of seriously ill and dying humans Ordinary and extraordinary treatment The hospice movement Churches Palliative care Living wills Statement of the National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics in the field of human medicine Active euthanasia and the patient-physician relationship Euthanasia Stages of the dying process Unconditional illicitness of suicide Slippery Slope Argument in the case of active euthanasia Position of the German Medical Association Demand for strengthening the suicide prevention strategy Legal regulations on euthanasia in the Federal Republic of Germany Exemplary approaches within the medical profession on the subject of euthanasia