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Introductory Remarks of Panel II: Legal, Medical, and Ethical Considerations for the Future of Physician-Assisted Suicice Symposium: Physician-Assusted Suicide: Legal Rights in Life and Death: Introductory Remarks of Panel II: Legal, Medicial, and Ethical Considerations for the Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]

, 1996
Once the Supreme Court issues it decision in the cases of Quill v. Vacco1 and Compassion in Dying v. Washington2 regarding the constitutionality of outlawing physician-assisted suicide for competent and terminally ill persons, the tension surrounding ...
Hernandez, Tanya K.
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Emotional Arousal‐Induced Episodic Memory Benefits Are Attenuated in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Especially in Older Age

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder associated with episodic memory impairment. Although emotional factors such as arousal, as well as age and depression symptoms, are known to influence episodic memory in neurotypical (NT) populations, how these factors affect memory processes in ASD, which is associated ...
Sidni A. Justus, Emily Hutson, Justin Summe, Audrey Duarte   +3 more
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Advice and care for patients who die by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is not assisted suicide

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background A competent patient has the right to refuse foods and fluids even if the patient will die. The exercise of this right, known as voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), is sometimes proposed as an alternative to physician assisted ...
Andrew McGee, Franklin G. Miller
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Physician-assisted suicide

BMJ, 1998
Ed Robert F Weir Indiana University Press, £24.95, pp 266 ISBN 0 253 33282 6 During the first Dutch study into euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions (for the Remmelink committee in 1991), we asked doctors involved in euthanasia cases why they chose euthanasia instead of assisted suicide and vice versa.
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Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Arguing for a Distinction [PDF]

, 2004
In this essay, I will try to analyze the problems of assisted suicide and euthanasia by using the Joel Feinberg’s analysis of the so-called ‘right to life’ and the Wesley Hohfeld’s legal terminology.
Del Bò, Corrado
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Developing the Inpatient Mental Health Pharmaceutical Assessment and Care Tool (IMPACT) for use by UK mental health pharmacy teams—a modified Delphi study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To develop an evidence‐ and consensus‐based patient prioritization tool for use by UK mental health inpatient pharmacy teams. Methods A modified‐Delphi technique was used to obtain experts' agreement on the content, design and practical use of the patient prioritization tool.
Fatima Q. Alshaikhmubarak, Richard N. Keers, Petra Brown, Penny J. Lewis   +3 more
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Suicidal behavior and assisted suicide in dementia

International Psychogeriatrics, 2015
Concerns about suicide risk in people with dementia have been increasing in recent years along with a discourse about rational suicide and assisted suicide.A systematic narrative literature review of suicidal behavior and assisted suicide in persons with dementia.Most studies that have examined the spectrum of suicidal ideation, attempted suicide and ...
Brian M. Draper, Henry Brodaty
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International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Position Statement: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2017
Background: Reports about regulations and laws on Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) are becoming increasingly common in the media. Many groups have expressed opposition to euthanasia and PAS while those in favor argue that severely ...
L. de Lima, R. Woodruff, Katherine I Pettus, J. Downing, Rosa Buitrago, E. Munyoro, C. Venkateswaran, S. Bhatnagar, L. Radbruch   +8 more
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The problem of propranolol poisoning

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Propranolol is licensed in the UK and elsewhere to relieve symptoms of anxiety. In overdose, propranolol poisoning can be serious, difficult to treat and potentially fatal. This paper describes cases of intentional propranolol overdose reported to the UK National Poisons Information Service in order to raise awareness of the risk of harm following
Hayley Williams, Pardeep Jagpal, Euan Sandilands, Emma Morrison, Laurence Gray, Harry Krishna Ruben Thanacoody, Elisha Beg, Sally Bradberry, Robin Ferner   +8 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
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