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Key challenges in providing assisted dying in Belgium: a qualitative analysis of health professionals’ experiences [PDF]

Palliative Care and Social Practice
Background: Assisted dying or ‘euthanasia’ has been legal in Belgium since 2002. Extensive research has been conducted which investigates Belgian euthanasia practice, however, the current challenges that health professionals face when providing ...
Madeleine Archer, Lindy Willmott, Kenneth Chambaere, Luc Deliens, Ben P. White   +4 more
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Perceptions of swine euthanasia among Brazilian caretakers from non-integrated swine farms [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Timely and humane euthanasia is crucial for animal welfare on swine farms, yet challenges persist in its implementation, particularly in Brazil, where the responsibility often falls to caretakers lacking training. This study aimed to assess the knowledge,
Laya Kannan Silva Alves, Laya Kannan Silva Alves, Monique Danielle Pairis-Garcia, Andréia Gonçalves Arruda, Cecília Archangelo Ferreira de Melo, Nadia de Almeida Ciriaco Gomes, Roberta Yukari Hoshino, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa   +7 more
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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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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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Involvement of palliative care in euthanasia practice in a context of legalized euthanasia : a population-based mortality follow-back study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: In the international debate about assisted dying, it is commonly stated that euthanasia is incompatible with palliative care. In Belgium, where euthanasia was legalized in 2002, the Federation for Palliative Care Flanders has endorsed the ...
Chambaere, Kenneth, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Dierickx, Sigrid   +3 more
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Can CCTV identify people in public transit stations who are at risk of attempting suicide? An analysis of CCTV video recordings of attempters and a comparative investigation

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Suicides incur in all public transit systems which do not completely impede access to tracks. We conducted two studies to determine if we can reliably identify in stations people at risk of suicide in order to intervene in a timely manner. The
Brian L. Mishara, Cécile Bardon, Serge Dupont   +2 more
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Euthanasia Complications in Non-Domestic Species

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022
There are very few studies describing euthanasia complications in non-domestic species. The goal of this study was to survey veterinarians to determine what complications may commonly occur during the euthanasia of non-domestic species.
Caitlin Hepps Keeney, Tara M. Harrison
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News media coverage of euthanasia: A content analysis of Dutch national newspapers [PDF]

, 2013
© 2013 Rietjens et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0),which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
Kouwenhoven, PSC, Raijmakers, NJH, Rietjens, JAC, Seale, C, Trappenburg, M, van Delden, JJM, van der Heide, A, van Thiel, GJMW   +7 more
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Euthanasia attitude; A comparison of two scales [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2011
The main purposes of the present study were to see how the term "euthanasia" influences people's support for or opposition to euthanasia; and to see how euthanasia attitude relates to religious orientation and personality factors.
Naser Aghababaei, Hojjatollah Farahani, Javad Hatami   +2 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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