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What passive euthanasia is [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background Euthanasia can be thought of as being either active or passive; but the precise definition of “passive euthanasia” is not always clear. Though all passive euthanasia involves the withholding of life-sustaining treatment, there would appear to ...
Iain Brassington
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Euthanasia in Syria: an examination of medical student attitudes and predictors in a conflict zone [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Euthanasia remains a contentious issue globally, with attitudes significantly shaped by cultural, religious, and societal factors. In Syria, over a decade of conflict has devastated the healthcare system and created unique ethical challenges ...
Ahmad Al-Bitar, Omran Janoud, Dana Alyassin, Rawan Al-Deeb, Masa Watfa, Ahmad Bishr Nasra, Alaa Alsarhan, Rami Al Shaaban, Anas Nassr, Houssein Nofal   +9 more
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Attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards end-of-life decisions: a systematic review of influencing factors [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Background Medical end-of-life decisions, including voluntary active euthanasia (lethal injection), (physician-)assisted dying (prescribing lethal substances), passive euthanasia (refraining from or ceasing life-sustaining treatments), palliative ...
Julia S. Grundnig, Marlen A. Roehe, Carmen Trost, Anahit Anvari-Pirsch, Anita Holzinger   +4 more
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Perception and Attitude towards Passive Euthanasia among Doctors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northeast India: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Introduction: The medical fraternity now has more control over the processes of life and death due to advances in medical technology and equipment.
RS Devandiran, Akoijam Brogen Singh, Pukhrambam Romola, Chibi Rushitha   +3 more
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Euthanasia: Past, Present and Future [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India has provided a legal recognition to ‘passive euthanasia’ in March 2018. In May 2018, David Goodall, an Australian scientist ended his life through Physician Assisted Death in a Swiss clinic at the age ...
Shantanu Ajay Phatak, Ajay Gajanan Phatak   +1 more
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Ethics and legal aspects of the right to die with dignity [PDF]

Megatrend Revija, 2021
Euthanasia is in liaison with ethics and law. This paper, which aims to contribute to the expert public debate on the introduction of euthanasia into Serbian legislation, the term terminology - euthanasia (as the Right to Die with Dignity) is the first ...
Mirevska Ivana
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Passive euthanasia [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2005
The idea of passive euthanasia has recently been attacked in a particularly clear and explicit way by an “Ethics Task Force” established by the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) in February 2001. It claims that the expression “passive euthanasia” is a contradiction in terms and hence that there can be no such thing.
Garrard, E., Wilkinson, Stephen
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Medical students’ and residents’ views on euthanasia

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
Background Doctors are increasingly faced with end-of-life decisions. Little is known about how medical students approach euthanasia. The objective of this study was to evaluate, among medical students and residents, the view on euthanasia and its ...
Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis, Leandro Luongo de Matos, Mario Augusto Ferrari de Castro, Andrea Anacleto Ferrari de Castro, Renata Rocha Giaxa, Patrícia Zen Tempski   +5 more
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Ethical and legal aspects of the right to die with dignity [PDF]

Filozofija i Društvo, 2020
The issue of euthanasia presents a contact area of ethics, law, and politics. This text provides a contribution to the expert public debate on the introduction of euthanasia into Serbian legislation.
Golijan Iva D.
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Advance directives for euthanasia in India: Role of psychiatrist

Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
This review article starts by defining Good death, Euthanasia, and Advance Directives (ADs). Most of the religions in India do not support self-annihilation although exceptions are made in cases of “Samadhi” by saints.
Bhogaraju Anand
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