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Assisted dying [PDF]

International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2022
Encouraging or assisting suicide, the legal situation, attempts to change the law, the case for and against.
Laura, Glenny, Brian, Nyatanga, Claud, Regnard, Maggie, Bisset, Sergio, Damaso, Carol, Davis, Francis, Edwards, Marie, Fallon, Rob, George, Jennie, Pollock, Amy, Proffitt, Vicky, Robinson, Juliet, Spiller, Angela, Thavaraj, Alison, Twycross, Robert, Twycross, Gillian, Wright   +16 more
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Palliative Care and Assisted Dying Laws [PDF]

Proposals are being developed in Scotland, the Isle of Man and Jersey to allow assisted dying for people who are terminally ill, if they request it. Some people oppose legalization because of fears about the effects that assisted dying laws might have on
Gill, Michael, Cholbi, Michael, Colburn, Ben, Pettigrove, Glen, Millum, Joseph   +4 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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Beyond legalisation: why assisted dying needs global monitoring [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health
Paola Sillitti, Paola Sillitti
doaj   +2 more sources

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

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

How does Medical Assistance in Dying affect end-of-life care planning discussions? Experiences of Canadian multidisciplinary palliative care providers

Palliative Care and Social Practice, 2021
Background: More than a dozen countries have now legalized some form of assisted dying, and additional jurisdictions are considering similar legislations or expanding eligibility criteria.
Anita Ho, Joshua S. Norman, Soodabeh Joolaee, Kristie Serota, Louise Twells, Leeroy William   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives on assisted dying [PDF]

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2010
There is no shortage of collections or individual papers onassisted dying and other end-of-life issues. They have beena regular feature of ethical evaluation and debate for manyyears. The fact that such papers continue to be published istestimony not only to a continuing awareness of profes-sional and lay concerns, but also to changing circum-stances ...
David, Badcott, Fuat S, Oduncu
openaire   +2 more sources