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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Firearm‐related suicide rates are notably high among workers such as police officers and farmers. One risk factor is occupational access to firearms, but other occupational characteristics, such as job strain, are less understood.
Victor A. Soupene +5 more
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May Christians request medically assisted suicide and euthanasia?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 The article deals with the question: ‘Is it morally acceptable for terminally ill Christians to voluntarily request medically assisted suicide or euthanasia?’ After a brief discussion of relevant changes in the moral landscape over the last century, two ...
D. Etienne de Villiers
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Social acknowledgement as a predictor of post-traumatic stress and complicated grief after witnessing assisted suicide [PDF]
, 2011 Background: In Switzerland, right-to-die organizations such as Exit Deutsche Schweiz offer suicide assistance to their members. However, there is limited knowledge of the impact that witnessing assisted suicide has on the post- traumatic stress severity ...
Keller, Valerie +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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Aspects of Euthanasia in Criminal Law [PDF]
Societas et Iurisprudentia, 2018 The question of euthanasia and its impunity raises many legal and moral issues which are not answered. The intention of this paper is not to express an opinion about suitability or morality of euthanasia or assisted suicide and it also does not contain ...
Vladimíra Dercová
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents a critical examination of Australia's 2021 household, individual and interviewer census forms. Using a form‐led analysis, this research scrutinises the underlying cisheteronormative logic that implicitly shapes the Census process, from data collection to distribution of findings.
Xavier Mills, Sal Clark
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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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Research progress on biomarkers of traumatic brain injury
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.Traumatic brain injury: From primary insult to secondary neuroinflammation and degeneration. Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common disorder of the nervous system and has become a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, imposing a substantial burden on patients and their social circles. Its main symptoms include dyskinesia, language
Xuting Shen +8 more
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Attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Spanish university students
Revista BioéticaAttitudes toward physician-assisted death among medical students differ between populations. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among Spanish university students.
María Sol Rodríguez-Calvo +4 more
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Suicide assisted by right-to-die associations: a population based cohort study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal but there is concern that vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are more likely to die in this way than other people. We examined socio-economic factors associated with assisted suicide.
Egger, Matthias +5 more
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