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Demographic and psychological correlates of New Zealanders support for euthanasia.

The New Zealand medical journal, 2017
To explore the distribution of New Zealanders' support towards the legalisation of euthanasia and examine demographic and psychological factors associated with these attitudes.15,822 participants responded to the 2014/15 New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS) survey.
Carol Hj, Lee, Isabelle M, Duck, Chris G, Sibley   +2 more
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Legal and psychological considerations in the development of a euthanasia statute for adults in the united states

Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1995
AbstractThis article discusses legal and psychological factors relevant to the drafting of euthanasia statute for adults in the United States including legal and medical definitions of death; the distinction between passive and active euthanasia; living wills and advance directives; the psychological states found among those with a terminal illness ...
Donna M, Maier, Michael J, Newman
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Psychological Issues in Euthanasia, Suicide, and Assisted Suicide

Journal of Social Issues, 1996
This paper reviews various life‐ending techniques such as euthanasia, suicide, and assisted suicide in order to better address the psychological issues related to these actions. Specific attention is paid to investigating when a death is deemed to be appropriate and the role that the level of appropriateness should play in the decisions of individuals ...
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ON EUTHANASIA: EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING AND ATTITUDES IN A SAMPLE OF MEXICAN PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS

Developing World Bioethics, 2011
ABSTRACTEuthanasia has become the subject of ethical and political debate in many countries including Mexico. Since many physicians are deeply concerned about euthanasia, due to their crucial participation in its decision and implementation, it is important to know the psychological meaning that the term ‘euthanasia’ has for them, as well as their ...
Asunción Álvarez, del Río, Ma Luisa, Marván   +1 more
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How Do Individuals View Euthanasia in Different Cultural Backgrounds Based on Different Ideas of Moral Psychology

Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
To this day, euthanasia remains a topic of lively discussion. The debate over whether it should be practiced or not never stops. This paper presents basic information about euthanasia and analyzes different people's views on euthanasia in the context of religious beliefs and philosophical ideas based on moral psychology. People who grow up in different
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[Euthanasia: interaction of bioethical and psychological aspects].

Annales medico-psychologiques, 1988
The authors develop the interactions of psychological and ethical issues of euthanasia. After a brief recall of the historical background, they discuss the concept of euthanasia and analyse the distinction between active and passive euthanasia focusing either on patient-doctor relationship and ethics.
D, Razavi, C, Datso, N, Delvaux
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Commentary on the Australian psychological society's discussion paper “psychological perspectives on euthanasia and the terminally III”

Australian Psychologist, 1998
Abstract This commentary reflects my experience conducting research and working with people with disabilities, older people, and their carers. I also am a member of a faculty that educates health professionals who work with people who are dying or who have long-term illnesses or disabling conditions.
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[Hereditary psychological research in the context of "euthanasia": new documents and aspects on Carl Schneider, Julius Deussen and Ernst Rüdin].

Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie, 1998
Ernst Rüdin (1874-1952), director of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie in Munich, was one of the leading psychiatrists in Nazi Germany. Prevailing historical research on Rüdin's relation to the systematic annihilation of psychiatric patients is dominated by the only hitherto available biographical account which suggests that Rüdin ...
V, Roelcke, G, Hohendorf, M, Rotzoll
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Psychological perspectives on euthanasia and the terminally III: A view from the seventh gate

Australian Psychologist, 1998
Following the Australian Psychological Society's discussion paper on euthanasia, some aspects of the role of psychologists, and implications for their training, are considered. The psychologist's role relates especially to practice with the elderly, research, and counselling. Euthanasia imposes heavy obligations and responsibilities on the psychologist
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Supplement - “Nothing Hurts Less Than Being Dead”: Psychological Pain in Case Descriptions of Psychiatric Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide from the Netherlands

2020
Supplement for “Nothing Hurts Less Than Being Dead”: Psychological Pain in Case Descriptions of Psychiatric Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide from the Netherlands by Aiste Lengvenyte, Robertas Strumila, Philippe Courtet, Scott Y. H.
Aiste Lengvenyte, Strumila, Robertas, Courtet, Philippe, Kim, Scott Y. H., Olié, Emilie   +4 more
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