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Journal of Medical Ethics, 2022 In several jurisdictions, irremediable suffering from a medical condition is a legal requirement for access to assisted dying. According to the expressivist objection, allowing assisted dying for a specific group of persons, such as those with ...
E. Braun
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On contemporary aspects of assisted suicide at plato
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Usually, Plato is not considered a philosopher that comprehensively treated the matter of suicide. By studying Plato’s work (especially Crito, Phaedo, the Republic and the Laws), we observe that Plato was concerned with the problem of ...
A. Voinov
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Palliative Medicine Reports, 2023 Background: Due to a decision by the German Federal Constitutional Court of February 26, 2020, it is currently possible in Germany to avail of assisted suicide. The ruling has given rise to a controversial debate within the professional community as well
Lena D?rmann +3 more
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ICU health care workers opinion on physician-assisted-suicide and euthanasia: a French survey
Annals of Intensive Care, 2023 Background In France, physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia are not legal but are still debated. French intensive care unit (ICU) health care workers (HCWs) have an insider’s perspective on the global quality of the patient’s end-of-life, whether it ...
Mathieu Acquier +6 more
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Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law [PDF]
Societas et Iurisprudentia, 2021 The paper deals with the issue of suicide and assisted suicide, especially its ethical, criminal law and canon law evaluation. In the first chapter, the author explains what needs to be perceived under these terms and how they differ from euthanasia ...
Štefan Zeman
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Types of suicide pacts: a comparative analysis using the National Violent Death Reporting System
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 IntroductionSuicide pacts are lethal acts of violence involving multiple decedents. No study has ever compared suicide pact types using a large sample, limiting our understanding of this rare but serious phenomenon. The objective of the current study was
Kawon Victoria Kim +16 more
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Grief After Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide.
Crisis, 2020 Background: Several countries have regulated euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Research has looked at the experiences of patients, family, and professionals. However, little is known of the effects on bereaved individuals.
K. Andriessen +4 more
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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Patients With Multiple Geriatric Syndromes
JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020 Key Points Question What are the patient characteristics and circumstances associated with the request for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in cases of multiple geriatric syndromes as reported in the case summaries of the Dutch Regional ...
Vera E van den Berg +7 more
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“Swiss physicians’ attitudes to assisted suicide”
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2015 PRINCIPLES: In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal as long as it does not involve self-serving motives. Physician-assisted suicide is regulated by specific guidelines issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS).
Susanne Brauer +2 more
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Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2020 This study aimed at examining the approval rate of the medical students’ regarding active euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and physician-assisted-suicide over the last ten years.
A. Gutierrez-Castillo +4 more
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