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EClinicalMedicine, 2023 Summary: Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a highly controversial ethical issue in the global medical community. Unfortunately, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) lacks coding for MAID.
Uwe Güth +4 more
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, 2021 This book explores current human rights controversies arising in UK law, in the light of the way such matters have been dealt with in Canada.
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Nursing Inquiry, 2022 This study explores the perceptions of Norwegian nurses who have received assisted dying requests from terminally ill patients. Assisted dying is illegal in Norway, while in some countries, it is an option.
Hege Hol +4 more
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Disability‐based arguments against assisted dying laws
Bioethics, 2022 Some of the most common arguments against legalizing assisted dying are based on appealing to the rights of people with disabilities. This article identifies and responds to those arguments, including that people with disabilities univocally oppose ...
B. Colburn
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background There is limited literature around how palliative care organizations determine the degree to which they will interface with voluntary assisted dying in jurisdictions where it is legal. The aim of this research was to describe the experience of
Kirsten Auret +3 more
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Collegian, 2022 Background: The enactment of laws that permit voluntary assisted dying reflects community views about end-of-life choices for those who are suffering and dying and includes a commitment to equitable access.
Jayne Hewitt, L. Grealish, A. Bonner
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Frozen Bodies and Future Imaginaries: Assisted Dying, Cryonics, and a Good Death
Religions, 2020 In October of 2018, Norman Hardy became the first individual to be cryopreserved after successful recourse to California’s then recently passed End of Life Options Act. This was a right not afforded to Thomas Donaldson, who in 1993 was legally denied the
Jeremy Cohen
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Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2021 RATIONALE On June 19, 2019, Assisted Dying (AD) was legalized in the Australian state of Victoria, joining a small but growing cohort of jurisdictions internationally where AD is permitted.
Marcus Sellars +3 more
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Critique of autonomy‐based arguments against legalising assisted dying
Bioethics, 2022 The aim of this article is to present and critically investigate a type of argument against legalising assisted dying on request (ADR) for patients who are terminally ill and experiencing suffering. This type of argument has several variants. These—which
T. Petersen, Morten Dige
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Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalisation of physician assisted suicide
BMC Medical Ethics, 2009 Background Assisted dying has wide support among the general population but there is evidence that those providing care for the dying may be less supportive. Senior doctors would be involved in implementing the proposed change in the law.
Rayner Lauren +3 more
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