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Attitudes Toward Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Among Norwegian Palliative Care Physicians

Palliative Medicine Reports
Background: Data from other countries have indicated that palliative care physicians are more opposed to assisted dying compared with other physicians.
Olav Magnus Fredheim, Eva Gravdahl, Ingeborg Skulberg, Morten Magelssen   +3 more
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Practical and ethical complexities of MAiD: Examples from Quebec [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2020
Background: Legally practiced assisted dying is an ethically complex area in need of empirical and conceptual work. International research suggests that providing assisted dying may be experienced as rewarding and meaningful but also emotionally and ...
Gitte Koksvik
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Comparative and Critical Analysis of Key Eligibility Criteria For Voluntary Assisted Dying Under Five Legal Frameworks

, 2021
Eligibility criteria determine a crucial question for all voluntary assisted dying frameworks: who can access assistance to die? This article undertakes a critical and comparative analysis of these criteria across five legal frameworks: existing laws in ...
Hewitt, Jayne, Greaves, LL, Close, E, Meehan, Rebecca, Hewitt, J, Cameron, J, Ley Greaves, Laura, Cameron, James, White, BP, Del Villar, Katrine, Willmott, Lindy, Villar, KD, Downie, Jocelyn, White, Ben P., Meehan, R, Downie, J, Willmott, L, Close, Eliana   +17 more
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What can systemic psychotherapy offer clinical practice and public debates on assisted dying?: Assisted dying and systemic psychotherapy

, 2017
Debates around assisted dying have not to date been informed by family and systemic psychotherapy. This article sets the context of legalized assisted dying with a précis of the international terrain.
Liz Forbat, Forbat, Liz
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Assisted dying in Canada [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
I wish to respond to a letter written by Johnston[1][1] that appeared in the Dec. 11, 2012, issue of CMAJ . In his letter, Johnston provides a false portrait of medically assisted dying.
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A public health perspective on assisted dying and its different modalities

The Lancet Public Health
Summary: Assisted dying (encompassing euthanasia and assisted suicide) has emerged as a legally sanctioned option for end-of-life care in an increasing number of countries.
Paola Sillitti, MSc, Clément Meier, PhD, Solenne Blanc, MSc, Laura Jones, PhD, Claudia Gamondi, ProfPhD   +4 more
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Norwegian Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Assisted Dying: A Cross-Sectional Study

Nursing: Research and Reviews, 2022
Hege Hol,1 Solfrid Vatne,1 Aud Orøy,1 Anne Marie Mork Rokstad,1,2 Øivind Opdal3 1Faculty of Health Science and Social Care, Molde University College, Molde, Norway; 2Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg ...
Hol H, Vatne S, Orøy A, Rokstad AMM, Opdal Ø   +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

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, Amanda Bingley, Nancy Preston, Anne Grinyer   +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

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, J. de Keijser, G. Casteelen, P. A. Boelen, G. E. Smid   +4 more
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With assisted dying now a reality, what do nurses need?

, 2022
The End of Life Choice Act (EoLCA) 2019 has now offered a legal assisted death to eligible individuals in Aotearoa/New Zealand for 10 months. Since the legislation came into effect in November 2021, there have been progressive increased in patients ...
Carey, Melissa, Winnington, Rhona, Sandham, Margaret   +2 more
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