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Medical students’ and residents’ views on euthanasia

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Doctors are increasingly faced with end-of-life decisions. Little is known about how medical students approach euthanasia. The objective of this study was to evaluate, among medical students and residents, the view on euthanasia and its ...
Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis, Leandro Luongo de Matos, Mario Augusto Ferrari de Castro, Andrea Anacleto Ferrari de Castro, Renata Rocha Giaxa, Patrícia Zen Tempski   +5 more
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Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care organisations: The right not to kill?

Church, Communication and Culture, 2023
In this paper we focus on an important specific issue which has not received serious attention in the scholarly literature on euthanasia, namely, that of the coercive imposition (by way of sanction-backed regulations) of the practice of voluntary active ...
Seumas Miller, Virginia Miller
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Perspectives and attitudes of South African medical professionals towards active euthanasia

South African Family Practice
Background: Active euthanasia is a controversial subject both globally and in South Africa. Recent legal cases have kept this topic in the public discourse. Yet, there remains a dearth of quality local research on this issue.
Willem-Johan Steyn, Mukinay C. Bondo
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Comparison of attitudes towards five end-of-life care interventions (active pain control, withdrawal of futile life-sustaining treatment, passive euthanasia, active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide): a multicentred cross-sectional survey of Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2018
Objectives This study determined attitudes of four groups—Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population—towards five critical end-of-life (EOL) interventions—active pain control, withdrawal of futile ...
Kyoung-Nam Kim, Miso Kim, Jin-ah Sim, Kyung Hae Jung, Young Ho Yun, Shin Hye Yoo, Young Ae Kim, Beo Deul Kang, Hyun-Jeong Shim, Eun-Kee Song, Jung Hun Kang, Jung Hye Kwon, Jung Lim Lee, Eun Mi Nam, Chi Hoon Maeng, Eun Joo Kang, Young Rok Do, Yoon Seok Choi   +17 more
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Belgian psychiatrists’ attitudes towards, and readiness to engage in, euthanasia assessment procedures with adults with psychiatric conditions: a survey

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Although the Belgian assessment pathway for legal euthanasia requires the engagement of at least one psychiatrist, little is known about psychiatrists’ attitudes towards euthanasia for adults with psychiatric conditions (APC).
Monica Verhofstadt, Kurt Audenaert, Kris Van den Broeck, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Koen Titeca, Koen Pardon, Kenneth Chambaere   +7 more
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StranshamFord v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others: Can active voluntary euthanasia and doctorassisted suicide be legally justified and are they consistent with the biomedical ethical principles Some suggested guidelines for doct

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2015
The recent case of Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others held that voluntary active euthanasia and doctor assisted suicide may be legally justified in certain circumstances.
David McQuoid-Mason
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Attitudes Toward Active Voluntary Euthanasia Among Community-Dwelling Older Subjects

SAGE Open, 2018
The major extension of late-life expectancy has increased the significance of end-of-life issues, particularly among elderly people, considering both the role of medical practices in shaping and defining dying trajectories and the differences in national
Stefano Poli
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Comparison of Indonesian and Dutch Laws on the Implementation of Euthanasia

Al-Adalah
Developments in various matters cannot be separated from the regulations attached to them, one of which is related to euthanasia. Euthanasia in general is a treatment given to a patient to end his life intentionally with the aim of escaping suffering ...
Winda Fitri, Winsherly Tan, Aulia Ginda Putri   +2 more
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Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?

South African Family Practice, 2013
This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes notions such as physicianassisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing versus letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation ...
G.A. Ogunbanjo, D. Knapp van Bogaert
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Attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards end-of-life decisions: a systematic review of influencing factors [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Background Medical end-of-life decisions, including voluntary active euthanasia (lethal injection), (physician-)assisted dying (prescribing lethal substances), passive euthanasia (refraining from or ceasing life-sustaining treatments), palliative ...
Julia S. Grundnig, Marlen A. Roehe, Carmen Trost, Anahit Anvari-Pirsch, Anita Holzinger   +4 more
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