Many countries recognize a legal right to refuse medical treatment. But only in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and the American state of Oregon are physicians permitted to assist a patient in ending his or her life by means other than withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment.
很多国家接受拒绝医疗手段的权力。但仅在荷兰、比利时、瑞士和美国的俄勒冈州才允许医生停止维持生命的治疗，以帮助病人结束他们的生命。