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Problem uporczywej terapii w świetle filozofii człowieka

open access: yesStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2009
The problem of medical futility, which combines the issues of euthanasia, is one of the most difficult matter of medical ethics. The theraphy becomes futile when a patient is in an agonizing state and none of the extraordinary actions can restore the ...
Kazimierz Szałata
doaj   +1 more source

Protein Corona Engineering of Lipid Nanoparticles Enables Efficient Functional Gene Silencing in the Liver

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
By shaping the protein corona, lipid composition directs LNP tropism and enables the preferential delivery of a TIMP1‐targeting siRNA to liver macrophages. In a murine model of primary biliary cholangitis, this strategy promoted macrophage reprogramming and attenuated liver fibrosis.
Naths G. Sukubo   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Does Removing Machines Count as "Passive" Euthanasia?

open access: yes, 1997
The distinction between "passive" and "active" euthanasia, though problematic and highly criticized, retains a certain intuitive appeal. When a patient is allowed to die, nature appears simply to be taking its course. Yet when a patient is killed by, say,
Hopkins, Patrick D.
core   +1 more source

Factors influencing the nature of client complaint behaviour in the aftermath of adverse events

open access: yesVeterinary Record, Volume 196, Issue 6, 15/22 March 2025.
Abstract Background Negative veterinary client complaint behaviour poses wellbeing and reputational risks. Adverse events are one source of complaint. Identifying factors that influence adverse event‐related complaint behaviour is key to mitigating detrimental consequences and harnessing information that can be used to improve service quality, patient ...
Julie Gibson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causes, treatment and outcome of external ear canal tears and avulsions in cats and dogs: 24 cases (2008‒2024)

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the causes, treatment options and associated complications of ear canal tears and avulsions in dogs and cats. Methods This retrospective clinical study includes 14 cats and 10 dogs diagnosed with external ear canal tears and avulsions using otoscopy and/or computed tomography.
Eva M. Billau, Cetina Thiel
wiley   +1 more source

Failed Mucosal Allostasis Distinguishes Murine IgG‐ From IgE‐Mediated Recurrent Severe Anaphylaxis

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
This study investigates IgE‐ and IgG‐mediated pathways in acute and recurrent anaphylaxis using a murine ASA‐PSA model, assessing barrier integrity, immune activation and tissue remodelling across pulmonary and intestinal compartments. Recurrent IgE‐ and IgG‐mediated anaphylaxis produces divergent mucosal outcomes despite comparable systemic severity ...
Abdurrahman Simsek   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2017
Background: In the majority of countries, active direct euthanasia is a forbidden way of the deprivation of the patients’ life, while its passive form is commonly accepted.
Božidar BANOVIĆ   +2 more
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VSED Should Not Be a Pathway to MAiD (Though Both Are Ethically Permissible)

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent changes in aid in dying laws have led some to argue for a pathway from Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) to Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). Proponents point to the Sontag case as demonstrating the efficacy of the practice. This article first provides an overview of the development of the practice of VSED and MAiD and provides
D. B. Davison
wiley   +1 more source

Euthanasia: would elderly people from socio-economic classes D/E perform it or allow it on their relatives?

open access: yesKairós Gerontologia, 2014
75 opinions from elderly people of low socioeconomic classes living in a specific community were investigated, about whether they would allow euthanasia to be performed on family members. 77.3% wouldn't perform euthanasia.
Diego Fraga Rezende   +3 more
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Passive Euthanasia and the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy in the Sociocultural Discourses of Western Countries and Russia: a Historical and Philosophical Analysis

open access: yesОбщая реаниматология
Passive euthanasia and the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (LST) in modern Russian practice are normatively indistinguishable, leading to ethical, legal, and clinical-practical conflicts for intensive care physicians and increasing the moral ...
R. E. Tarabrin
doaj   +1 more source

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