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["Assisted Suicide"-A Case Report on Assisted Suicide in the Context of Mental Illnesses]. [PDF]

open access: yesNeuropsychiatr
Diendorfer CM   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Attitudes and Experiences of Oncology Patients, Oncologists, and the Public

open access: yesLancet, The, 1996
BACKGROUND: Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are pressing public issues. We aimed to collect empirical data on these controversial interventions, particularly on the attitudes and experiences of oncology patients.
E J Emanuel, D L Fairclough
exaly   +2 more sources

Physician-Assisted Suicide

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2001
Medical professional codes have long prohibited physician involvement in assisting a patient's suicide. However, despite ethical and legal prohibitions, calls for the liberalization of this ban have grown in recent years. The medical profession should articulate its views on the arguments for and against changes in public policy and decide whether ...
L, Snyder, D P, Sulmasy
openaire   +2 more sources

CULT SUICIDE AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE

Psychological Reports, 2002
A greater proportion of Dr. Kevorkian's physician-assisted suicides and the Heaven's Gate cult suicides appear to be women than the general population of suicides.
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Assisted suicide and the law

Nursing Older People, 2009
The subject of assisted suicide has been high on the news agenda over the summer. In July the RCN's ruling council voted to adopt a neutral stance on assisted suicide ( page 7 ). This means that it will neither oppose nor support a change in the law. Under the Suicide Act 1961 assisting a suicide is a crime punishable by up to 14 years' imprisonment in
openaire   +2 more sources

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