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The request for assisted suicide – a challenging topic to teach in medical education. Project report on a compulsory elective course at the Aachen University Hospital

GMS Journal for Medical Education
Aim: As part of the Erasmus+ project “ELPIS”, a compulsory elective course in palliative medicine on handling wishes to die and the desire for suicide was put into place and offered for the first time at the Clinic for Palliative Medicine at RWTH Aachen ...
Scherg, Alexandra, Wegmann, Miriam, Biersching, Thekla, Fink, Daniel, Lemos, Martin, Elsner, Frank   +5 more
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Professional Organizations' Position Statements on Physician- Assisted Suicide: A Case for Studied Neutrality

, 2003
Position statements opposing legalization of physician- assisted suicide by organizations such as the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine rightly emphasize that palliative care should be the standard of care for the dying,
Quill, Timothy E., Cassel, Christine K.
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Suicide assistance in Germany: A protocol for a multi-perspective qualitative study to explore the current practice.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundSuicide assistance is as a complex process comprising a series of stages, ranging from initial consultations with patients about end-of-life options to counselling bereaved family members.
Sven Schwabe, Franziska A Herbst, Stephanie Stiel, Nils Schneider   +3 more
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Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Language Lost in MAiD

Canadian Journal of Bioethics
For most of Canada’s approximately 40-year debate on medically assisted death, euthanasia and assisted suicide were considered distinct issues. Yet in 2016 their ethical, psychological, and practical differences were effectively disregarded when the two
Rafal Gromadzki, Timothy Christie
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Dutch Nurses? Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

, 2008
This article presents the attitudes of nurses towards three issues concerning their role in euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 1509 nurses who were employed in hospitals, home care organizations and ...
van Wijmen, Frans, van Bruchem-van de Scheur, Ada, van der Arend, Arie, ter Meulen, Ruud, Abu-Saad, Huda Huijer   +4 more
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Euthanasia and Medically Assisted Suicide -- the Case for Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide

, 2001
Ethical and legal debates over ending life are inescapably emotive, controversial and complex. It is, however, increasingly urgent to resolve the debate over the legalization or continued prohibition of physician assisted suicide for a number of reasons,
Manga, Pran
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Assisted suicide [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
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Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Facts, Figures and Fancies With Special Regard to Old Age

, 1998
The objective of this paper is to describe the ethics and incidence of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) with special regard to old age.
Muller, Martien T., Kimsma, Gerrit K., van der Wal, Gerrit   +2 more
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DEATH ON REQUEST [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2011
The topics of euthanasia and assisted suicide are of profound importance in terms of law, ethics, religion, and social values. The question whether assisted dying should be legalised is often treated, by judges and commentators alike, as a question which
LAURA-CRISTIANA SPATARU-NEGURA
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Attitudes of Physicians Regarding Physician-Assisted Suicide

, 1995
A survey of New Jersey physicians reveals no clear consensus as to whether physician-assisted suicide should be legalized, and most physicians stated that they would not participate in such activities where it is legal to do so.
Damato, Anthony N., Reisner, Michelle
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