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Euthanasia in the Major World Religions [PDF]

open access: yesاخلاق وحیانی, 2015
“Euthanasia” or voluntary termination of life is one the most complicated issues in the moral, legal and religious debates nowadays. In the meantime, the role of religions in directing the views of researchers is obvious. In this article, a brief look at
Angeliki Ziaka
doaj  

Controlling Death. Highlights from Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference

open access: yesRevista Iberoamericana de Bioética, 2019
The 2019 Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference questioned if we’re controlling death by choosing when and how we die. This integrative review compared literature findings with the discussion of the Conference.
Rosamaria Gomes Rodrigues   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deficiencies of regulation of euthanasia in legal acts of foreign countries

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2014
Today in most countries the practising of euthanasia is not permissible and as in any case of a criminal offence, which endangers the life of a person, criminal liability applies here.
Polaks R.
doaj   +1 more source

Attitude of doctors toward euthanasia in Delhi, India

open access: yesAsian Journal of Oncology, 2015
Introduction: Deliberation over euthanasia has been enduring for an extended period of time. On one end, there are populaces talking for the sacrosanctity of life and on the other end, there are those, who promote individual independence.
Sheetal Singh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting Endogenous Lipophagy: A Novel Strategy to Enhance MSC Osteogenesis and Mineralization for Senile Osteoporosis Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Schematic representation of the role of lipophagy in bone mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs). In healthy MSCs, functional lipophagy efficiently degrades lipid droplets to support oxidative phosphorylation and cellular energy production, thereby facilitating osteogenic differentiation and matrix mineralization.
Chaoqiang Chen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Sadly, there are people in very bad medical conditions who want to die. They are in pain, they are suffering, and they no longer find their quality of life to be at an acceptable level anymore. When people like this are kept alive by
Nobis, Nathan
core  

How (not) to think of the ‘dead-donor’ rule [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Although much has been written on the dead-donor rule in the last twenty-five years, scant attention has been paid to how it should be formulated, what its rationale is, and why it was accepted.
Omelianchuk, Adam
core   +1 more source

Voluntary Active Euthanasia: The Debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Voluntary active euthanasia refers to a clearly competent patient making a voluntary and persistent request for aid in dying (Brock 1999; Ogubanjo & Knapp van Bogaert 2008). In this case, the individual or a person acting on that individual’s behalf (physician or lay person, depending on the law of the country) takes active steps to hasten death ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Metformin enhances external urethral sphincter integrity and restores continence via AMPK activation in a rat model of stress urinary incontinence

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
The pathogenesis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is intimately associated with injury to the external urethral sphincter (EUS). In this study, we established an SUI model induced by double vaginal distension and demonstrated that metformin treatment activated the AMPK signaling in the EUS tissue.
Yuting Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

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