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Still safe; still respectful: a mixed methods study exploring the early experiences of a rural community hospice in providing voluntary assisted dying [PDF]

BMC Palliative Care
Background Voluntary assisted dying has become available as an end-of-life choice in many countries, including Australia. There is evidence on the mixed impact of voluntary assisted dying legislation on palliative care healthcare professionals, however ...
Kirsten Auret, Terri J Pikora, Beatriz Cuesta Briand   +2 more
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DEATH ON REQUEST [PDF]

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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Physician-assisted dying

Policy Quarterly, 2015
The term physician-assisted dying refers to where, at the request of a mentally competent person, a medical practitioner actively hastens death, by either providing the means by which the patient can take drugs themselves, or directly administering the drugs by injection.
J. H. Havill
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Assisted dying [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2013
Chris Wayte
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Policies and cost analyses of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws – a mapping review & analysis [PDF]

Health Economics Review
Objectives To investigate the current literature on healthcare policies and cost analyses around international Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws. The study design is a mapping literature review following Preferred-Reporting-Items-for-Systematic-Reviews-
Sami Isaac, Andrew J. McLachlan, Betty Chaar   +2 more
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A Role for Judges in Assisted Dying [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2009
Medically provoked death, whether euthanasia or assisted suicide, is a common issue for discussion in various forums, participants coming from widely differing fields of knowledge, among who are, of course, doctors. Substantial legal differences exist in
Ana Castelló, Francesc Francès, Fernando Verdú   +2 more
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Patients' and Caregivers' Suggestions for Improving Assisted Dying Regulation: A Qualitative Study in Australia and Canada [PDF]

Health Expectations
Introduction Assisted dying (AD) has been legalised in a small but growing number of jurisdictions globally, including Canada and Australia. Early research in both countries demonstrates that, in response to access barriers, patients and caregivers take ...
Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close, Lindy Willmott, Jocelyn Downie, Ben P. White   +4 more
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Editorial: Assisted dying in persons with mental illness [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Manuel Trachsel, Manuel Trachsel, Manuel Trachsel, Anna Lisa Westermair, Anna Lisa Westermair, Anna Lisa Westermair, Marc Graf, Christian G. Huber   +7 more
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Characteristics and outcomes of peer consultations for assisted dying request assessments: Cross-sectional survey study among attending physicians

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundIn most jurisdictions where assisted dying practices are legal, attending physicians must consult another practitioner to assess the patient's eligibility.
Stijn Vissers, Stijn Vissers, Sigrid Dierickx, Sigrid Dierickx, Luc Deliens, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Freddy Mortier, Joachim Cohen, Kenneth Chambaere, Kenneth Chambaere   +10 more
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The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Voluntary assisted dying became lawful in Victoria, the first Australian state to permit this practice, in 2019 via the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic).
Ben P. White, Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close, Lindy Willmott   +3 more
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