What passive euthanasia is [PDF]
BMC Medical Ethics, 2020 Background Euthanasia can be thought of as being either active or passive; but the precise definition of “passive euthanasia” is not always clear. Though all passive euthanasia involves the withholding of life-sustaining treatment, there would appear to ...
Iain Brassington
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J Med Ethics, 2005 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.
Garrard E, Wilkinson S.
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Euthanasia in Syria: an examination of medical student attitudes and predictors in a conflict zone [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Euthanasia remains a contentious issue globally, with attitudes significantly shaped by cultural, religious, and societal factors. In Syria, over a decade of conflict has devastated the healthcare system and created unique ethical challenges ...
Ahmad Al-Bitar +9 more
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Comparison of attitudes towards five end-of-life care interventions (active pain control, withdrawal of futile life-sustaining treatment, passive euthanasia, active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide): a multicentred cross-sectional survey of Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2018 Objectives This study determined attitudes of four groups—Korean patients with cancer, their family caregivers, physicians and the general Korean population—towards five critical end-of-life (EOL) interventions—active pain control, withdrawal of futile ...
Kyoung-Nam Kim +17 more
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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 +5 more
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Euthanasia and the Active-Passive Distinction
Bioethics, 1987 The author examines various claimed differences between active and passive euthanasia and, if there are differences, whether they are morally significant. He refutes arguments based on acting vs. not acting, intention, double effect, cause of death, and
Reichenbach, Bruce R.
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A comparative cross-sectional study of euthanasia knowledge, attitudes and acceptance among medical students at the University of Ibadan [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Euthanasia involves a physician actively or passively hastening death in chronically ill patients. Although legalised in some European countries, it remains illegal in Nigeria and much of Africa. Understanding medical students’ perspectives on
Emmanuel Ibitunde +9 more
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Attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards end-of-life decisions: a systematic review of influencing factors [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Medical end-of-life decisions, including voluntary active euthanasia (lethal injection), (physician-)assisted dying (prescribing lethal substances), passive euthanasia (refraining from or ceasing life-sustaining treatments), palliative ...
Julia S. Grundnig +4 more
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Passive and active euthanasia: What is the difference?
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2008 In order to discuss the normative aspects of euthanasia one has to clarify what is meant by active and passive euthanasia. Many philosophers deny the possibility of distinguishing the two by purely descriptive means, e.g.
Gesang, Bernward, Bernward Gesang
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Perception and Attitude towards Passive Euthanasia among Doctors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northeast India: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: The medical fraternity now has more control over the processes of life and death due to advances in medical technology and equipment.
RS Devandiran +3 more
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