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Nursing and euthanasia : a narrative review of the nursing ethics literature [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Medical Assistance in Dying, also known as euthanasia or assisted suicide, is expanding internationally. Canada is the first country to permit Nurse Practitioners to provide euthanasia.
Burgess, Michael, Chambaere, Kenneth, Greig, Madeleine, Janke, Robert, Pesut, Barbara, Storch, Janet, Thorne, Sally, Tishelman, Carol   +7 more
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Belgian psychiatrists’ attitudes towards, and readiness to engage in, euthanasia assessment procedures with adults with psychiatric conditions: a survey

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Although the Belgian assessment pathway for legal euthanasia requires the engagement of at least one psychiatrist, little is known about psychiatrists’ attitudes towards euthanasia for adults with psychiatric conditions (APC).
Monica Verhofstadt, Kurt Audenaert, Kris Van den Broeck, Luc Deliens, Freddy Mortier, Koen Titeca, Koen Pardon, Kenneth Chambaere   +7 more
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Ethical Aspects of Euthanasia. Introduction to the Debate

The Person and the Challenges, 2019
The subject of the study is the ethical aspects of euthanasia. The framework of the article does not allow for a comprehensive and complex analysis of the issue presented in the title.
Karol Bajda
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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Indian context: Sooner or later the need to ponder!

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2013
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a controversial subject which has recently captured the interest of media, public, politicians, and medical profession.
Farooq Khan, George Tadros
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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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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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Knowledge and attitudes toward euthanasia among final year pharmacy and law students: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2023
Background Euthanasia is the last resort for those living with untreatable and terminable diseases which cause pain and suffering. However, the concept of euthanasia resulted in many dilemmas and controversy around life extension and death. Objective The
Tidenek Mulugeta, Sintayehu Alemu
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Death Anxiety, Immortality Projects and Happiness: A Utilitarian Argument Against the Legalization of Euthanasia

Conatus - Journal of Philosophy, 2021
The current, utilitarian debate on the relation between euthanasia and happiness focusses primarily on the subject of dying patients. Where some utilitarians stress how euthanasia may relieve suffering in the process of dying, others emphasize the ...
Donovan van der Haak
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Eutanasia hoitotyöntekijöiden näkökulmasta, -systemaattinen kirjallisuuskatsaus [PDF]

, 2013
Kiinnostus eutanasiaan tuli median kautta. Siitä on paljon puhuttu puolesta ja vastaan, mutta entä hoitotyöntekijöiden henkilökohtainen näkemys? Opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli tutkia systemaattisen kirjallisuuskatsauksen avulla hoitotyöntekijöiden ...
Tuomisto, Asta
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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, Donna Knapp van Bogaert   +1 more
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