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Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine? [PDF]
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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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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The Hastings Center Report, 1992 I have cited both good and bad consequences that have been thought likely from a policy change permitting voluntary active euthanasia, and have tried to evaluate their likelihood and relative importance.
Brock, Dan W.
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The irrevocability of capital punishment and active voluntary euthanasia [PDF]
, 2020 One argument often made against capital punishment is that it would involve the risk of killing innocent people and that such a mistake cannot be corrected in ways that other punishments can. I call this the ‘Irrevocability Argument’.
Sudarshan, Saranga, Saranga Sudarshan
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Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia: Why the Difference in Attitude?
Nursing Ethics, 1995 It appears that the attitudes of health professionals differ towards suicide and voluntary active euthanasia. An acceptance of, if not an agreement with, voluntary active euthanasia exists, while there is a general consensus that suicide should be ...
Beech, Ian
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Attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards end-of-life decisions: a systematic review of influencing factors [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground 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 +4 more
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Active Voluntary Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1997 OBJECTIVE: To find out why Dutch general practitioners (GPs) and nursing home physicians (NHPs), and patients (according to their physician) opt for active voluntary euthanasia rather than for physician-assisted suicide, or vice-versa.
Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D. +4 more
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Voluntary Active Euthanasia and the Nurse: A Comparison of Japanese and Australian Nurses
Nursing Ethics, 2002 Although euthanasia has been a pressing ethical and public issue, empirical data are lacking in Japan. We aimed to explore Japanese nurses' attitudes to patients' requests for euthanasia and to estimate the proportion of nurses who have taken active ...
Ohnishi, Motoki +6 more
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Disparity in attitudes regarding assisted dying among physicians and the general public in Japan [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground 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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Bioethics and Political Ideology: The Case of Active Voluntary Euthanasia
Bioethics, 1997 In different countries responses to important bioethical issues are different, as exemplified by the attitudes towards the voluntary and active forms of medical euthanasia. But why is this the case?
Hayry, Heta
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