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Determinants in Opinions Regarding Euthanasia in a Sample of Portuguese Medical Doctors
Objectives: This study seeks to establish potential determinants in the opinion of Portuguese physicians on euthanasia, and to verify if a confrontation with concrete scenarios has an effect on this opinion.
Miguel Ricou +2 more
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Evaluation of Knowledge and Attitudes toward Euthanasia between Physicians and Caregivers
Objective: This study aimed to estimate the knowledge of the legal regulation of euthanasia and painless death among terminally ill patients, their caregivers, and attending physicians.
Sukhbaatar Chuluunsukh +4 more
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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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Meta‐transcriptome analysis identified FGF19 as a peptide enteroendocrine hormone associated with colorectal cancer prognosis. In vivo xenograft models showed release of FGF19 into the blood at levels that correlated with tumor volumes. Tumoral‐FGF19 altered murine liver metabolism through FGFR4, thereby reducing bile acid synthesis and increasing ...
Jordan M. Beardsley +5 more
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Keratin 19 (KRT19) is overexpressed in high‐grade serous ovarian cancer with high levels of Kallikrein‐related peptidases (KLK) 4–7 and is associated with poor survival. In vivo analyses demonstrate that elevated KRT19 increases peritoneal tumour burden.
Sophia Bielesch +13 more
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Attitude of the Nursing and Midwifery Students of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences towards Euthanasia [PDF]
Background: Euthanasia has been the most controversial topic for more than 3,000 years and is among important issues in medical ethics in today’s world, having something to do with the value system of human life.
Mina Malary +6 more
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Long‐term hippocampal alterations and cognitive impairment in a murine model of surgical sepsis
Using a mouse model of surgical sepsis, we tested long‐term memory and analyzed the transcriptome of single cells isolated from the hippocampus. Survivor mice showed worse memory, loss of certain brain cell subpopulations, and abnormal immune cell activity—suggesting that post‐sepsis brain alterations may be linked to cognitive deficits.
Dong Seong Cho +4 more
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The decision to request and proceed with euthanasia in a dog is complex and predictors of such decisions are important. This study investigates the risk factors (demographic and clinical) associated with the main clinical causes and methods of death ...
Michela Pugliese +4 more
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Home Cage Compared with Induction Chamber for Euthanasia of Laboratory Rats [PDF]
This study compared behavioral and physiologic changes in Sprague-Dawley and Brown Norway rats that were euthanizedby using a 30% volume displacement rate of CO2 in either their home cage or an induction chamber; rats euthanized in thehome cage were ...
Hickman, Debra L.
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