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Attitudes Toward Active Voluntary Euthanasia Among Community-Dwelling Older Subjects [PDF]

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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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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Disparity in attitudes regarding assisted dying among physicians and the general public in Japan [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Recently, an increasing number of countries have been allowing voluntary active euthanasia (VAE) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) as part of palliative care.
Yoshiyuki Takimoto, Tadanori Nabeshima
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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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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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When the cause of death does not exist: time for the WHO to close the ICD classification gap for Medical Aid in Dying

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a highly controversial ethical issue in the global medical community. Unfortunately, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) lacks coding for MAID.
Uwe Güth, Rolf Weitkunat, Shaun McMillan, Andres R. Schneeberger, Edouard Battegay   +4 more
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Physician Assisted Death for Psychiatric Suffering: Experiences in the Netherlands

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Physician assisted death (PAD) for patients with a psychiatric disorder is a controversial topic of increasing relevance, since a growing number of countries are allowing it.
SMP van Veen, SMP van Veen, SMP van Veen, GAM Widdershoven, ATF Beekman, N. Evans   +5 more
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Getting Real About Killing and Allowing to Die: A Critical Discussion of the Literature

Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 2021
The moral significance of the distinction between killing and allowing to die has played a key role in debates about euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.
Andrew Stumpf, Dominic Rogalski
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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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Barriers to Utilizing Non-replacement Male Calves in the Australian Dairy Industry: A Qualitative Study

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Male non-replacement calves in dairy systems represent an underutilized economic resource for dairy producers worldwide. Despite this, increasing the practice of rearing non-replacement male calves has significant barriers both in on-farm adoption and ...
Veronika Vicic, Veronika Vicic, Anthony J. Saliba, Michael A. Campbell, Michael A. Campbell, Jane C. Quinn, Jane C. Quinn   +6 more
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