Assisted suicide in Germany: a survey on requests for and current practices of assisted suicide [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Following the constitutional court ruling in 2020, which legalized assistance in suicide in Germany under certain conditions, the practice of assisted suicide in Germany has been developing rather dynamically regarding the number of assisted ...
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Physician-assisted suicide: a review of the literature concerning practical and clinical implications for UK doctors [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2006 Background A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the UK recently made significant progress in the British House of Lords and will be reintroduced in the future.
Hicks Madelyn
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Physician Assisted Suicide [PDF]
The Linacre Quarterly, 1994 The term "physician assisted suicide" is an oxymoron. The education and training of a physician is directed to diagnosing and treating illnesses in an attempt to cure and save the life of his patient and to give comfort during periods of stress and bereavement.
Millard, Charles E.
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The impact of suicide beliefs on support for suicide prevention and physician-assisted suicide [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground In 2019, Taiwan implemented two laws with contrasting implications for suicide-related policies: the Suicide Prevention Act, which mandates government-led interventions to prevent suicide, and the Patient Right to Autonomy Act, which affirms ...
Nina Ming-Hsin Hsu +4 more
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Assessment of decisional capacity. A systematic review and analysis of instruments regarding their applicability to requests for assisted suicide [PDF]
European PsychiatryBackground Decisional capacity is an important requirement for assisted suicide, which has been legalized in an increasing number of countries. While several instruments have been developed over the past few decades to assess the capacity to consent to ...
Leonie Kupsch +4 more
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Attitudes towards euthanasia and assisted suicide: a cross-sectional study among physicians in Estonia [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective This study aimed to analyse the attitudes of physicians working in Estonia towards the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide, their willingness to perform these practices and the association of these factors with a range of physician ...
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Reconsidering dependence on life-sustaining treatment as a criterion for assisted suicide: the Italian legal unicum in comparative perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthThe legalization of Medical Assisted Voluntary Death, including assisted suicide is spreading worldwide, alongside the recognition of the centrality of the patient’s right to self-determination even in case of therapeutic desistance. In Italy Law-no. 219/
Marco Albore +6 more
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Do mental or somatic diagnoses influence emotional response and perception of physician-assisted suicide in Germany? A vignette-based experiment [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is increasingly being legalized in a growing number of countries and is the focus of societal and ethical debates.
Laura Hofmann, Birgit Wagner
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 BACKGROUND: Older adults are at risk of assisted and self-initiated suicide. The links between prior attempts and assisted suicide in the elderly have not been investigated.
Nathalie Dieudonné Rahm, Sophie Pautex
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