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La diferencia entre 'matar' y 'dejar morir' y su repercusión en el debate contemporáneo sobre la eutanasia

Recerca: Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi, 2012
En la actualidad se defiende con mucha frecuencia la llamada humanización de la muerte" como alternativa frente al vitalismo médico y ante cualquier defensa de la eutanasia voluntaria activa.
Elías Pérez Sánchez
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The Morality of Euthanasia [PDF]

, 2019
In this paper, I defend the view that the requested euthanasia of adults is morally permissible and should be legalised; I use an argument from analogy which compares physician-assisted euthanasia with morally less ambiguous and, in my opinion, an ...
Greif, Adam
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Lessons from an eradication under multiple constraints of an island rat population of record density

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive rats threaten island biodiversity, disrupting ecosystems and endangering native species. Although rat eradication has succeeded on many islands, tropical islands present unique management challenges. Strict regulations and financial constraints on some tropical islands further limit proven eradication methods, complicating rodent ...
Tatiane Micheletti, Thayná J. Mello, Carlos Verona, Vinícius P. O. Gasparotto, Ricardo Krul, Ricardo Araujo, Thali Sampaio, Paulo Rogerio Mangini   +7 more
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Long‐term impacts of the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus on Taiwan's native frogs: A 16‐year community science study

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Using 16 years of community science data from Taiwan, this study found that habitat specialists and species overlapping ecologically with the invasive frog Polypedates megacephalus declined more than generalists. While declines were higher at sites with P.
Yung‐Chih Lai, Cheng‐En Li, Wei‐Chun Cheng, Yi‐Ju Yang   +3 more
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What are the barriers and facilitators to advance care planning with older people in long‐term care facilities? A qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To explore the views and preferences for advance care planning from the perspectives of residents, family members and healthcare professionals in long‐term care facilities. Design A qualitative descriptive design. Methods We conducted semi‐structured interviews with 12 residents of long‐term care facilities, 10 family members and 14 ...
Yuxin Zhou, Ariel Wang, Debbie Braybrook, Clare Ellis‐Smith, Haixia Feng, Ni Gong, Zhi Zhou, Richard Harding   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desired and Feared Identities and Their Role in Occupational Identity Regulation

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper extends theory by showing how occupational identity regulation operates jointly through both desired and feared identities which, in combination, enforce normative control. Taking a narrative identity perspective and drawing on an ethnographic and interview‐based study of veterinarians, we make three principal contributions to our ...
Sarah Page‐Jones, Andrew D. Brown
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The Ethical Significance of Brain-Computer Interfaces as Enablers of Communication

Voices in Bioethics
Photo ID 132826187 © Blackboard373 | Dreamstime.com Abstract This article argues that the primary ethical significance of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) lies not in the specific content they transmit, but in their capacity to restore communicative
Toma Gruica
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An argument for physician-assisted suicide and against euthanasia [PDF]

, 2015
The article opens with the hypothesis that the default position that should guide healthcare providers when treating patients at the end-of-life is that patients opt for life. In the absence of an explicit request to die, we may assume that patients wish
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Planned Approach and Implementation of Pharmacology Teaching in the Bachelor's Veterinary Nursing Programme in Sweden

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Veterinary Nurses play a key role in handling drugs and perform medication treatments, thus pharmacological knowledge is essential. The veterinary nurses' role varies widely worldwide but does not include the prescription of drugs. Nevertheless, pharmacology is a complex subject within veterinary nursing education and for the registered ...
Lena Olsén, Ann‐Christin Blomkvist
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Drawing a Line Between Killing and Letting Die: The Law, and Law Reform, on Medically Assisted Dying [PDF]

, 1993
Traditional medical ethics and law draw a sharp distinction between allowing a patient to die and helping her die. Withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatment, such as by abating technological nutrition, hydration or respiration, will cause ...
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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