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Physicians\u27 Attitudes, Concerns, and Procedural Understanding of Medical Aid-in-Dying in Vermont [PDF]

, 2018
The general purpose of the current study was to collect data on physicians\u27 attitudes towards Act 39, the medical aid-in-dying act that was legislatively approved in 2013. Given the recent nature of the implementation of Act 39, this is the first such
Ditommaso, Teresa, Kirshenbaum, Ari P, Parent, Brendan   +2 more
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Aftercare Provision for Bereaved Relatives Following Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study Among Physicians

International Journal of Public Health
Objectives: Relatives of patients who died after euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (EAS) might need (specific) aftercare. We examined if and how physicians provide aftercare to bereaved relatives of patients who died after EAS, and which patient-,
Sophie C. Renckens, Sophie C. Renckens, H. Roeline Pasman, H. Roeline Pasman, Agnes van der Heide, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen   +6 more
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Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) to hasten death: may clinicians legally support patients to VSED?

BMC Medicine, 2017
Jox and colleagues recently compared and contrasted two leading end-of-life exit options, namely voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) and medical aid in dying (MAID).
Thaddeus Mason Pope
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Psychological First Aid Well-Being Support Rounds for Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background and Objective: Frontline healthcare workers face unprecedented stress from the current SARS COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. Hospital systems need to develop support programs to help frontline staff deal with this stress. The purpose of this article
Mansoor Malik, Jessica Peirce, Michael Van Wert, Cynthia Wood, Haroon Burhanullah, Karen Swartz   +5 more
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Unlocking the potential of tumor‐derived DNA in urine for cancer detection: methodological challenges and opportunities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Urine is a rich source of biomarkers for cancer detection. Tumor‐derived material is released into the bloodstream and transported to the urine. Urine can easily be collected from individuals, allowing non‐invasive cancer detection. This review discusses the rationale behind urine‐based cancer detection and its potential for cancer diagnostics ...
Birgit M. M. Wever, Renske D. M. Steenbergen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Death with Dignity for the Seemingly Undignified: Denial of Aid in Dying in Prison [PDF]

, 2019
The medical community has fundamentally changed how we think about life and death. Humans in privileged parts of the world are living longer and have access to life-saving treatment. The focus on quantity of life then has shifted to emphasizing quality
Messinger, Kathleen
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A Delicate Balance: Rethinking the Physician’s Role in Physician Aid-in-Dying [PDF]

, 2022
This Note considers the current framework of states’ death with dignity laws and analyzes physicians’ views of the legal standards to determine whether the current procedures in death with dignity states adequately protect the patient’s interests. Aid in
Warwick, Jaclyn
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External validation of the simple clinical score and the HOTEL score, two scores for predicting short-term mortality after admission to an acute medical unit. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Clinical scores can be of aid to predict early mortality after admission to a medical admission unit. A developed scoring system needs to be externally validated to minimise the risk of the discriminatory power and calibration to be falsely ...
Mia Stræde, Mikkel Brabrand
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Subpar reporting of pre‐analytical variables in RNA‐focused blood plasma studies

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pre‐analytical variables strongly influence the analysis of extracellular RNA (cell‐free RNA; exRNA) derived from blood plasma. Their reporting is essential to allow interpretation and replication of results. By evaluating 200 exRNA studies, we pinpoint a lack of reporting pre‐analytical variables associated with blood collection, plasma preparation ...
Céleste Van Der Schueren, Philippe Decruyenaere, Francisco Avila Cobos, Johanna Bult, Jill Deleu, Laudonia Lidia Dipalo, Hetty Hilde Helsmoortel, Eva Hulstaert, Annelien Morlion, Elena Ramos Varas, Kathleen Schoofs, Wim Trypsteen, Eveline Vanden Eynde, Hanne Van Droogenbroeck, Kimberly Verniers, Jo Vandesompele, Anneleen Decock   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early prediction of in-hospital mortality utilizing multivariate predictive modelling of electronic medical records and socio-determinants of health of the first day of hospitalization

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023
Background In France an average of 4% of hospitalized patients die during their hospital stay. To aid medical decision making and the attribution of resources, within a few days of admission the identification of patients at high risk of dying in ...
Daniel Stoessel, Rui Fa, Svetlana Artemova, Ursula von Schenck, Hadiseh Nowparast Rostami, Pierre-Ephrem Madiot, Caroline Landelle, Fréderic Olive, Alison Foote, Alexandre Moreau-Gaudry, Jean-Luc Bosson   +10 more
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