The first year of assisted dying in New Zealand through the lens of healthcare professionals not directly involved in the process [PDF]
BMC Palliative CareBackground New Zealand’s End of Life Choice Act 2019 was enacted in 2021, allowing terminally ill people experiencing unbearable suffering to request assisted dying if they are expected to die within six months.
Waqas Arshad +7 more
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Exploring perspectives of Scottish medical students on the proposed ‘Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland)’ Bill [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground The debate over legalising assisted dying is complex and multifaceted, eliciting strong and diverse opinions from all involved parties. Recently, the Scottish Parliament held an initial vote on the issue, opting to progress with proposed ...
David Geddes +3 more
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“I lost so much more than my partner” – Bereaved partners’ grief experiences following suicide or physician-assisted dying in case of a mental disorder [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background There is a lack of existing research on grief following the intentional death of people suffering from a mental disorder. Our study aims to provide insight into grief experiences and social reactions of bereaved persons who lost their life ...
M. C. Snijdewind +4 more
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When is hastened death considered suicide? A systematically conducted literature review about palliative care professionals’ experiences where assisted dying is legal [PDF]
BMC Palliative Care, 2019 Background Laws allowing assisted suicide and euthanasia have been implemented in many locations around the world but some individuals suffering with terminal illness receiving palliative care services are hastening death or die by suicide without ...
Sheri Mila Gerson +3 more
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Life, death, and ethics: medical and dental students’ attitudes on assisted dying in Austria [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground The Sterbeverfügungsgesetz (StVfG) Austria’s law on assisted dying, came into force on January 1, 2022. Since then, only limited research has examined the attitudes of medical and dental students in Austria toward assisted dying.
Carmen Trost +4 more
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Clinical Medicine, 2006 The Royal College of Physicians took a neutral position on the House of Lords Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. While modern palliative care and the hospice approach have greatly reduced terminal suffering, they do not always achieve total relief of distressing symptoms--he majority of dying patients and their families probably do not receive
Roger A Fisken, Jeffrey Stephenson
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Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2011 The topics of euthanasia and assisted suicide are of profound importance in terms of law, ethics, religion, and social values. The question whether assisted dying should be legalised is often treated, by judges and commentators alike, as a question which
LAURA-CRISTIANA SPATARU-NEGURA
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Pharmacists’ Attitudes towards Medically Assisted Dying [PDF]
PharmacyAims: We aimed to explore pharmacists’ attitudes and support toward medically assisted dying (MaiD) through the End of Life Choice Act 2019 (EOLC), their willingness to provide services in this area of practice, and the influences on their decisions ...
Lun Shen Wong +5 more
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Assisted dying: principles, possibilities, and practicalities. An English physician’s perspective [PDF]
BMC Palliative CareIt seems probable that some form of medically-assisted dying will become legal in England and Wales in the foreseeable future. Assisted dying Bills are at various stages of preparation in surrounding jurisdictions (Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Isle of ...
Robert Twycross
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Medico-Legal Journal, 2022 Encouraging or assisting suicide, the legal situation, attempts to change the law, the case for and against.
Laura, Glenny +16 more
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