Abstract

Assistance in dying has become a transnational issue debated and lawfully practiced in several jurisdictions around the world. This article focuses on persons, terms and themes that circulate from one context authorizing assistance in dying to another. Building on Joseph Gusfield’s concepts of judgment, ownership and responsibility, we explore how national debates on assistance in dying draw on transnational circulations which are instrumental in the construction of this issue as a public problem. Adopting a transnational lens shows that local public problems of assistance in dying should not be apprehended in isolation nor compared as independent contexts.

摘要

死亡援助已成为一个跨国问题，在世界各地的多个司法管辖区进行了辩论和合法实施。本文重点关注从一种环境中流传的人、术语和主题，这些人授权帮助死去另一种环境。基于约瑟夫·古斯菲尔德（Joseph Gusfield）的判断、所有权和责任概念，我们探讨了全国关于临终援助的辩论如何利用跨国循环，这些循环有助于将这一问题构建为公共问题。采用跨国视角表明，当地的临终救助公共问题不应孤立地理解，也不应作为独立的背景进行比较。