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Case Study: But Is It Assisted Suicide?
The Hastings Center Report, 1995AM, an eighty-year-old woman, is brought by ambulance to the emergency room after an apparent suicide attempt. She was discovered by her neighbors, who have tried to look after her since her husband died three years ago. They became concerned when she did not answer her phone, and when they went to investigate, they found her unconscious on the floor ...
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Archives of Neurology, 1997
Physician-assisted suicide goes against the traditional healing role of the physician and, as pointed out by Bernat, 1 is likely to undermine the patient-physician relationship. It is clear that physicians, as a group, are divided in their willingness to assist suicide: 375 (40%) of 938 physicians in Washington State were willing to assist a patient to
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Physician-assisted suicide goes against the traditional healing role of the physician and, as pointed out by Bernat, 1 is likely to undermine the patient-physician relationship. It is clear that physicians, as a group, are divided in their willingness to assist suicide: 375 (40%) of 938 physicians in Washington State were willing to assist a patient to
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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
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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
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Southern Medical Journal, 2015
The March 2015 crash of the Germanwings jetliner has brought the term “plane-assisted suicide” into the popular lexicon. Certainly, the role of mental health treatment in preventing such tragedies will be considered. What role can psychiatrists and other mental health providers play in prevention?
Timothy Rice, Leo Sher
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The March 2015 crash of the Germanwings jetliner has brought the term “plane-assisted suicide” into the popular lexicon. Certainly, the role of mental health treatment in preventing such tragedies will be considered. What role can psychiatrists and other mental health providers play in prevention?
Timothy Rice, Leo Sher
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CULT SUICIDE AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
Psychological Reports, 2002A 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 euthanasia
2013Several countries have adopted laws that regulate physician assistance in dying. Such assistance may consist of providing a patient with a prescription of lethal medication that is self-administered by the patient, which is usually referred to as (physician) assistance in suicide, or of administering lethal medication to a patient, which is referred to
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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2005
Tremendous debate surrounds the acceptability of physician-assisted suicide in the United States. Progress requires carefully mapping the relationship of this practice to termination of life-sustaining treatment, appropriate pain relief and palliative care, and euthanasia.
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Tremendous debate surrounds the acceptability of physician-assisted suicide in the United States. Progress requires carefully mapping the relationship of this practice to termination of life-sustaining treatment, appropriate pain relief and palliative care, and euthanasia.
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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 ...
Daniel P. Sulmasy, Lois Snyder
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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 ...
Daniel P. Sulmasy, Lois Snyder
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Archives of Internal Medicine, 1996
In Committee on Bioethical Issues of the Medical Society of the State of New York published an article titled "Physician-assisted suicide."1 The position of the Committee, consonant with that of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association,2 was that physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally inconsistent with the ...
Fred Rosner, Bennett Aj
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In Committee on Bioethical Issues of the Medical Society of the State of New York published an article titled "Physician-assisted suicide."1 The position of the Committee, consonant with that of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association,2 was that physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally inconsistent with the ...
Fred Rosner, Bennett Aj
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To be or Not to Be: Assisted Suicide Revisited
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1995Publicity accorded American physician-pathologist Jack Kevorkian and “physician-assisted suicide” bring a new, technological, twist to euthanasia. How and when we die and its meaning and how we live reflect cultural values within a historical context.
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