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Managing Profound Suffering at the End-of-Life: Should expanding access to continuous deep sedation be the priority?

BioéthiqueOnline, 2015
This paper argues that in addressing and managing profound suffering at the end-of-life, the priority should not be the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia in jurisdictions where these practices are not currently ...
Kirby, Jeffrey
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The attitude of Tunisian medicine resident toward euthanasia

European Psychiatry
Introduction Euthanasia is the active deliberate ending of life by another person at the explicit request of a patient who is suffering from an incurable condition deemed unbearable by him or her.young doctors in tunisia might be exposed in their daily ...
A. Touiti, C. Ben Said, N. Bram
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The Impact of Assisted Dying Legislation on Nursing Practice in Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To review the literature on the state of research on the impacts of assisted dying on nursing practice within specialised palliative care. Design A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. Data Sources PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and CENTRAL were searched between July
Marlene Werner, Christiane Kreyer, Sabine Pleschberger   +2 more
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Euthanasia: A Contemporary Moral Quandary

, 1989
Responding to an increased interest in establishing active, voluntary euthanasia as a viable medical and social policy, Reichel and Dyck consider the major arguments for and against the practice.
Dyck, Arthur J., Reichel, William
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Assessment of two minimally invasive methodologies for sex identification in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Sex is an important driver of variation in behaviour, ecology and physiology. Sex identification in the Critically Endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) currently requires fish sacrifice, or the use of morphological differences such as body length, which can be inaccurate in certain habitats and at intermediate body lengths.
Michael J. Williamson, Jack A. Brand, Kevin Hopkins, Luke O'Connor, Matthew W. Perkins, Christopher Sergeant, Simon Spiro, Taina Strike, Jessica Whinfield, Rosie S. Williams, Ethan Wrigglesworth, Rosalind M. Wright, Adam T. Piper   +12 more
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Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The welfare of non‐human animals is central to ethical discussions on animal use, with increasing attention to fish welfare across research, aquaria, aquaculture, and fisheries. This paper reviews current theoretical approaches to animal welfare and recent advances in defining and assessing fish welfare since the seminal paper by Huntingford ...
Sonia Rey Planellas, João L. Saraiva, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas, Pablo Arechavala‐Lopez, Bernice Bovenkerk, Michael Breen, Steven J. Cooke, Martin Føre, Lene Northwood, Lars Helge Stien, Sunil Kadri, Chris Noble, Jonatan Nilsson, Fernando Rodriguez, Cosme Salas, Peter Sandøe, Hans van de Vis   +16 more
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Euthanasia and the Doctors -- a Rejection of the BMA's Report

, 1989
The working party on euthanasia set up by the British Medical Association produced its report in 1988. The first of its terms of reference was 'to examine the ethical problems relating to euthanasia, terminal illness, and suicide' and as far as active ...
Nowell-Smith, Patrick
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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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Raping and Making Love Are Different Concepts: So Are Killing and Voluntary Euthanasia

, 1988
The distinction between 'kill' and 'help to die' is argued by analogy with the distinction between 'rape' and 'make love to'. The difference is the consent of the receiver of the act, therefore 'kill' is the wrong word for an act of active voluntary ...
Davies, Jean
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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
wiley   +1 more source