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A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2016 Background: Complex suicide defines the type of suicide involving using more than one suicide methods to lead to death. Second method is used to escape from pain or to prevent failure of the first method. Here we present a case of unusual complex suicide
Ramazan Akçan +3 more
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Assisted Suicide: An Italian Perscpective
, 2021 The unrestrainable evolution of medical science and technology is drastically changing health-care, enabling new medical procedures and remedies, which are increasingly intertwined with moral principles. Although a uniform European approach on assisted suicide is lacking, a common trend is developing: the boundary between euthanasia, assisted suicide ...
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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 +4 more
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International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims This research aims to explore the extent of socioeconomic inequities in hospital usage costs for individuals with eating disorders (EDs), analyze its trends, and identify associated factors using Queensland (QLD) administrative health linked data from 2013 to 2019. Methods We have utilized the horizontal inequity (HI) approach to quantify
Moin Ahmed +11 more
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A Voice Against Physician-Assisted Suicide
, 1997 In the early hours of November 14, 1996, Card. Joseph Bernardin died of pancreatic cancer. The Archbishop of Chicago approached death not in fear but as a "transition from earthly life to life eternal." One of his last public acts was writing a letter to
Leibold, Peter, Gilham, Charles
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Assisted Suicide by Oxygen Deprivation With Helium at a Swiss Right-to-Die Organisation
, 2010 BACKGROUND: In Switzerland, right-to-die organisations assist their members with suicide by lethal drugs, usually barbiturates. One organisation, Dignitas, has experimented with oxygen deprivation as an alternative to sodium pentobarbital.
Ogden, Russel D +2 more
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International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent among adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. A comorbid mental health condition is associated with worsened long‐term eating disorder outcomes. While individual risk factors for comorbid anxiety or depression and eating disorders have been elucidated, the impact of external ...
Anita V. Chaphekar +3 more
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Balancing Ethics, Education, and Compassion in Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Turkish Journal of Internal MedicineObjective: It is 2024, and the debate of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia remains highly complex and impactful. This discussion extends to the legal and ethical theories that affect these issues, but also profoundly impact real lives and ...
Kamaljot Kaur Ahuja +3 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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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. +2 more
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