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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Epistemic Humility in the Age of Assisted Dying. [PDF]

Hastings Cent Rep
Riley S.
europepmc   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-sectional survey on public attitudes and factors related to physician-assisted dying in Taiwan. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Chen DR, Kuo CT, Wu KC.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Assisted dying requests from people in detention: Psychiatric, ethical, and legal considerations–A literature review

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
The principle of equivalence of care states that prisoners must have access to the same standard of health care as the general population. If, as recent court decisions suggest, assisted dying is not limited to people with a terminal physical illness or ...
Irina Franke, Irina Franke, Thierry Urwyler, Thierry Urwyler, Thierry Urwyler, Christian Prüter-Schwarte, Christian Prüter-Schwarte, Christian Prüter-Schwarte   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

GPs and assisted dying. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract
Lawson E, Papanikitas A.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Being a safe place: a qualitative study exploring perceptions as to how a rural community hospice could respond to enactment of voluntary assisted dying legislation

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background There is a lack of research to guide the implementation of voluntary assisted dying legislation within a hospice setting. Furthermore, there is limited published information related to the expectations of the community and staff to assist ...
Kirsten Auret, Terri Pikora, Kate Gersbach   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assisted dying survey [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2020
It is extraordinary that the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has chosen to continue to oppose a change in the law to enable assisted dying when the majority (51%) …
openaire   +2 more sources