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Advance directives for euthanasia in India: Role of psychiatrist

open access: yesTelangana 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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Euthanasia as a reason for unworthiness to inherit [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2020
The provision on the right to a dignified death proposed in the Preliminary Draft Civil Code of the Republic of Serbia has again actualized the discussions on the legalization of euthanasia.
Milović Jovana
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Religious Perspectives on Euthanasia: A Comparative Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Body, Mind and Culture, 2023
Background: This article argues the various religious views on euthanasia. After that, a comparison will be done to see where euthanasia is permitted or not.
chintu jain, Azimkhan B. Pathan
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Ethical Aspects of Euthanasia. Introduction to the Debate

open access: yesThe 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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Supreme Court of India legalizes passive euthanasia

open access: yesNational Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2011
Recently, India joined a select group of countries worldwide such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and the states of Oregon and Washington in the United States in legalizing the administration of passive euthanasia.
Purav Mody, Ankana Daga
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Comparison of attitudes towards five end-of-life care interventions (active pain control, withdrawal of futile life-sustaining treatment, passive euthanasia, active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide): a multicentred cross-sectional survey of Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2018
Objectives This study determined attitudes of four groups—Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population—towards five critical end-of-life (EOL) interventions—active pain control, withdrawal of futile ...
Kyoung-Nam Kim   +17 more
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Death on Demand; A Comparison between Euthanasia Laws in the Netherlands and India, 2001 to 2020 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Research on History of Medicine, 2021
Euthanasia is the act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from incurable and distressing disease as an act of mercy. This act is illegal in many countries as it is against medical ethics.
Radhika Kannan, Deepu Thottath
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Euthanasia in Africa: A scoping review of empirical evidence

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aims The core ethical perplexity is that physician‐assisted suicide and euthanasia (PAS/E) contradicts the core value of medical practice which is about the duty of care to preserve life.
Jimoh Amzat   +3 more
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a systematic review of medical students’ attitudes in the last 10 years

open access: yesJournal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2020
This study aimed at examining the approval rate of the medical students’ regarding active euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and physician-assisted-suicide over the last ten years.
Alejandro Gutierrez-Castillo   +4 more
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Aruna Shanbaug. A Case Study in Compassion, Dignity, and the Ethics of Euthanasia

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies
The case of Aruna Shanbaug is a landmark case in Indian jurisprudence that significantly influenced the debate surrounding the right to die with dignity.
Navin Kumar
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