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Voluntary active euthanasia: Is there a place for it in modern day medicine?

open access: yesSouth 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
doaj   +1 more source

Active Euthanasia in the Netherlands

open access: yes, 1989
A Dutch bioethicist discusses the status of voluntary, active euthanasia as it is practiced currently in the Netherlands, and traces the medical, legal, and public policy developments in the issue from the early 1970s to the late 1980s.
de Wachter, Maurice A.M.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

StranshamFord v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others: Can active voluntary euthanasia and doctorassisted suicide be legally justified and are they consistent with the biomedical ethical principles Some suggested guidelines for doct

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 2015
The recent case of Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others held that voluntary active euthanasia and doctor assisted suicide may be legally justified in certain circumstances.
David McQuoid-Mason
doaj   +1 more source

Al-Quran Arguments in Responding to the Issue of Euthanasia

open access: yesJurnal Ushuluddin, 2022
The issue of euthanasia, which is death with the help of a doctor, has become a topic of discussion among medical and religious experts. This article aims to analyze Al-Quran Arguments in Responding to the Issues of Euthanasia.
Wahidin Wahidin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voluntary Active Euthanasia

open access: yes, 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.
core   +1 more source

The Juridical Impications Of Withdrawal Life-Support In Hospital in Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Profesi Medika, 2021
Withdrawal life-support is mainly categorized as part of euthanasia. When viewed from the aspect of criminal law in force in Indonesia, Indonesia does not permit active euthanasia by anyone (including doctors and medics). If the doctor ends the patient’s
Isniani Ramadhani, Sekar Prabarini
doaj   +1 more source

The Self-Stranding Behavior of a Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Inner Danish Waters and Considerations concerning Human Interference in Live Strandings

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
The rescue attempts of stranded whales and euthanasia considerations must include condition assessments of the individual involved, but this is challenged by our insufficient knowledge about the health statuses of these whales.
Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia: Why the Difference in Attitude?

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Epigenetic silencing of the liver‐specific lncRNA LUNAR promotes liver cancer progression via NOTCH activation

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
LUNAR is a liver‐specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) that is highly expressed in normal liver but becomes epigenetically silenced in hepatocellular carcinoma through promoter hypermethylation. Loss of LUNAR is associated with NOTCH activation, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and metastasis, whereas restoring LUNAR restrains metastatic progression ...
Se Ha Jang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. Pros and Cons regarding the Right to End Your Life with Dignity

open access: yesBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law, 2022
The theme of euthanasia and assisted suicide calls for certain moral issues, but also for some legal issues. The two procedures are similar; however there are divergent elements, namely the fact that, in the case of euthanasia, the ...
M.M. Barsan, G. Dragu
doaj   +1 more source

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