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Voluntary Requests, or Vulnerable Adults? A Critique of Criminal Sentencing in Assisted Suicide and ‘Mercy Killing’ Cases

University of New South Wales Law Journal, 2022
‘Mercy Killing’ Cases Author Katrine Del Villar, Lindy Willmott and Ben P White This article examines the sentencing remarks in all publicly reported Australian cases on assisted suicide and mercy killing since 1980. Themes emerging from judicial reasons
Katrine Del Villar   +2 more
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Euthanasia: A good death or an act of mercy killing: A global scenario

Clinical Ethics, 2021
Euthanasia has been a subject of debate worldwide. It has brought up multiple controversies in different countries and among different societies. Over the years, euthanasia has been an active topic of research in the field of bioethics, owing to its ...
J. Padubidri   +2 more
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Older Women and Mercy Killing

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 2001
Mercy killing is usually defined as intentional killing, often by family members or friends, with the stated intent to end perceived suffering. International evidence suggests that mercy killing typically involves an older man killing his ailing wife. In this study, we examined U.S. cases of mercy killing recorded by The Hemlock Society for the period
Janet D. Hollenshead   +1 more
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Mercy Killing: Sportsmanship and Blowouts

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2010
Pam R. Sailors
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Killing in the name of: A merciful death?

Bioethics, 2022
Abstract“Mercy” holds a well‐established place in the discourse on assisted death (AD), with mercy rhetoric used by both proponents and opponents of AD alike. In this paper, I interrogate the relationship between mercy, mercy killing and AD. Appeals to mercy introduce an ambiguity that carries implications for the enduring debate about healthcare ...
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Mercy killing without consent. Historical comments on a controversial issue

open access: closedActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1982
Valeria Lauter, J. E. Meyer
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Mercy Killing: Mercy for Whom?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991
In a classic film portrayal of the depression era, the character played by Jane Fonda responds with the question, "They shoot horses, don't they?" when asked why she killed her chronically miserable companion. The audience is left to reach its own conclusion about the merits of "mercy killing." I am left with the question, "Yes, but why do they shoot ...
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Mercy killing.

open access: closedJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991

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