Perspectives and attitudes of South African medical professionals towards active euthanasia [PDF]
South African Family PracticeBackground: Active euthanasia is a controversial subject both globally and in South Africa. Recent legal cases have kept this topic in the public discourse. Yet, there remains a dearth of quality local research on this issue.
Willem-Johan Steyn, Mukinay C. Bondo
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Euthanasia in Syria: an examination of medical student attitudes and predictors in a conflict zone [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Euthanasia remains a contentious issue globally, with attitudes significantly shaped by cultural, religious, and societal factors. In Syria, over a decade of conflict has devastated the healthcare system and created unique ethical challenges ...
Ahmad Al-Bitar +9 more
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Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?
South African Family Practice, 2013 This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes notions such as physicianassisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing versus letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation ...
G.A. Ogunbanjo, D. Knapp van Bogaert
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Comparison of attitudes towards five end-of-life care interventions (active pain control, withdrawal of futile life-sustaining treatment, passive euthanasia, active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide): a multicentred cross-sectional survey of Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2018 Objectives This study determined attitudes of four groups—Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population—towards five critical end-of-life (EOL) interventions—active pain control, withdrawal of futile ...
Kyoung-Nam Kim +17 more
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A scoring system for euthanasia decisions in rescued raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides): Standardized criteria in wildlife rehabilitation. [PDF]
PLoS ONEWild animal rescue and control centers routinely encounter situations that require evaluating a rescued animal's potential for recovery and making decisions on appropriate treatment, rehabilitation, or euthanasia. However, currently, scientific standards
Bong Kyun Kim, Soo Hyung Eo
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A comparative cross-sectional study of euthanasia knowledge, attitudes and acceptance among medical students at the University of Ibadan [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Euthanasia involves a physician actively or passively hastening death in chronically ill patients. Although legalised in some European countries, it remains illegal in Nigeria and much of Africa. Understanding medical students’ perspectives on
Emmanuel Ibitunde +9 more
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The Theory of Euthanasia (Autonomous and Active Euthanasia) In Quranic Perspective
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2013 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Anthropological beliefs are one of the basic issues in contemporary thoughts, and mercyful killing (euthanasia) is a basic issue in bioethics. After defining ‘euthanasia’, the present research tries to investigate this theory in
B. Yadollahpour
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“PROVISIONS ON VOLUNTARY MEDICALLY ASSISTANCE IN DYING” BILL: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE BILL FROM THE HISTORICAL, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVE CONCERNING EUTHANASIA IN THE CURRENT ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN CONTEXT [PDF]
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2022 Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide have been controversial topics over the last few years both in the medical-health and ethical-legal fields. The restriction on these practices is an issue since it limits the right to self-determination at the ...
Margherita Pallocci
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Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care organisations: The right not to kill?
Church, Communication and Culture, 2023 In this paper we focus on an important specific issue which has not received serious attention in the scholarly literature on euthanasia, namely, that of the coercive imposition (by way of sanction-backed regulations) of the practice of voluntary active ...
Seumas Miller, Virginia Miller
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Ethics and legal aspects of the right to die with dignity [PDF]
Megatrend Revija, 2021 Euthanasia is in liaison with ethics and law. This paper, which aims to contribute to the expert public debate on the introduction of euthanasia into Serbian legislation, the term terminology - euthanasia (as the Right to Die with Dignity) is the first ...
Mirevska Ivana
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