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Medical students’ and residents’ views on euthanasia

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Doctors are increasingly faced with end-of-life decisions. Little is known about how medical students approach euthanasia. The objective of this study was to evaluate, among medical students and residents, the view on euthanasia and its ...
Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis, Leandro Luongo de Matos, Mario Augusto Ferrari de Castro, Andrea Anacleto Ferrari de Castro, Renata Rocha Giaxa, Patrícia Zen Tempski   +5 more
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Ethical and legal aspects of the right to die with dignity [PDF]

Filozofija i Društvo, 2020
The issue of euthanasia presents a contact area of ethics, law, and politics. This text provides a contribution to the expert public debate on the introduction of euthanasia into Serbian legislation.
Golijan Iva D.
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Euthanasia in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights [PDF]

Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 2023
The paper aims to shed light on the interpretation of mercy killing, i.e., euthanasia, in European Court of Human Rights cases. This controversial phenomenon has a specific legal status.
Kovačević Dušica G.
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What passive euthanasia is

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background Euthanasia can be thought of as being either active or passive; but the precise definition of “passive euthanasia” is not always clear. Though all passive euthanasia involves the withholding of life-sustaining treatment, there would appear to ...
Iain Brassington
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Euthanasia as a reason for unworthiness to inherit [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2020
The provision on the right to a dignified death proposed in the Preliminary Draft Civil Code of the Republic of Serbia has again actualized the discussions on the legalization of euthanasia.
Milović Jovana
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Evaluation of Knowledge and Attitudes toward Euthanasia between Physicians and Caregivers

Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to estimate the knowledge of the legal regulation of euthanasia and painless death among terminally ill patients, their caregivers, and attending physicians.
Sukhbaatar Chuluunsukh, Minjuur Tserenbat, Enkhbat Bayarmaa, Tseren Tuvshinjargal, Tseren Tuvshinjargal   +4 more
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Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) and an Argument for Morally Permissible Euthanasia

Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, 2021
The issues and questions generated by euthanasia have informed divergent views among scholars. Some uphold the sanctity of human life and oppose euthanasia regardless of the situation.
Macaulay-Adeyelure C. Olawunmi, Ibiyemi, Sheriff Olasunkanmi   +1 more
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Ethical Aspects of Euthanasia. Introduction to the Debate

The Person and the Challenges, 2019
The subject of the study is the ethical aspects of euthanasia. The framework of the article does not allow for a comprehensive and complex analysis of the issue presented in the title.
Karol Bajda
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Belgian psychiatrists’ attitudes towards, and readiness to engage in, euthanasia assessment procedures with adults with psychiatric conditions: a survey

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Although the Belgian assessment pathway for legal euthanasia requires the engagement of at least one psychiatrist, little is known about psychiatrists’ attitudes towards euthanasia for adults with psychiatric conditions (APC).
Monica Verhofstadt, Kurt Audenaert, Kris Van den Broeck, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Koen Titeca, Koen Pardon, Kenneth Chambaere   +7 more
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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Indian context: Sooner or later the need to ponder!

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2013
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a controversial subject which has recently captured the interest of media, public, politicians, and medical profession.
Farooq Khan, George Tadros
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