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The body as unwarranted life support: a new perspective on euthanasia [PDF]
, 2007 It is widely accepted in clinical ethics that removing a patient from a ventilator at the patient's request is ethically permissible. This constitutes voluntary passive euthanasia.
Shaw, D.
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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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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 +6 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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A Pro-Choice Response to New York’s Reproductive Health Act
Philosophies, 2021 On 22 January 2019, New York state passed the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), which specifies three circumstances under which a healthcare provider may perform an abortion in New York: (1) the patient is within twenty-four weeks of pregnancy, (2) the ...
Bertha Alvarez Manninen
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Voluntary active euthanasia: Is there a place for it in modern day medicine?
South African Family Practice, 2008 This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes concepts like physician assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing vs. letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation.
Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo +1 more
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Medical Assistance in Dying in Psychiatry, An Ethical Analysis.
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction Assisted dying (AD) is a general term in the literature to incorporate both physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and voluntary active euthanasia. In 2002 Belgium became the first country in the world to specifically acknowledge mental suffering
K. Keenan
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Voices in Bioethics, 2022 Photo by Chris Robert on Unsplash INTRODUCTION If a terminally ill individual suffers from enduring pain and exhausts all other treatment options, upholding death with dignity through medical assistance in dying (MAID) is how physicians can ...
Anna Vargo
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Descriptions of euthanasia as social representations: comparing the views of Finnish physicians and religious professionals [PDF]
, 2013 In many western societies health professionals play a powerful role in people's experiences of dying. Religious professionals, such as pastors, are also confronted with the issues surrounding death and dying in their work.
Cohen, Joachim +4 more
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The risks of using continuous deep palliative sedation within the context of euthanasia
SHS Web of Conferences, 2016 Although palliative care is one of the main arguments among the opponents of euthanasia, the individual medical activities implemented within it are not always evaluated unequivocally.
Polaks R.
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