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Is there a Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide? [PDF]

, 1997
In Part I, the author explains that it is the adjudication between the conflicting claims of individual liberty, personal autonomy and self-determination versus the preservation of life as a societal value that is at the core of the issue posed by ...
Bleich, J. David
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Decision‐making and risk‐taking as predictors of health risk behaviors in the Millennium Cohort Study

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Facets of decision‐making and risk‐taking are implicated in adolescent health risk behaviors; however, whether they may lead to adolescent engagement in substance use, gambling, and self‐harm is unknown. Methods We used the Millennium Cohort Study to test whether a task‐based measure of decision‐making and risk‐taking predicts ...
Nicole G. Hammond, Georgia Condran, Elise E. DeVito, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Ian Colman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitude of undergraduate medical students towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a cross-sectional study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Euthanasia is categorically prohibited in Pakistan by Islamic law, but a clash of opinions among doctors and human rights advocates still prevails. As a result, medical students are becoming concerned about its practice and this problem needs to be ...
Mahnoor, Aiza Noor Shahid, Haleema Shafiq, Noman Aslam, Ayesha Ayub   +4 more
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Developing the common law crime of murder in relation to physician-assisted suicide and physician-assisted euthanasia: Revisiting the missteps of Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 2015 (4) SA 50 (G)

De Jure, 2021
The paper reflects on the court’s attempt in Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to develop the common law in relation to physician assisted suicide and physician assisted euthanasia.
Ntokozo Mnyandu
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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Indian context: Sooner or later the need to ponder!

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2013
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a controversial subject which has recently captured the interest of media, public, politicians, and medical profession.
Farooq Khan, George Tadros
doaj   +1 more source

Physician-assisted suicide : an oxymoron? [PDF]

, 2000
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaCITATION: Moodley, K. 2000. Physician-assisted suicide: An oxymoron?
Moodley, Keymanthri
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Irremediable Psychiatric Suffering in the Context of Physician-assisted Death: A Scoping Review of Arguments: La souffrance psychiatrique irrémédiable dans le contexte du suicide assisté : Une revue étendue des arguments [PDF]

, 2020
Sisco van Veen, A.M. Ruissen, Guy Widdershoven   +2 more
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Evaluation and treatment of mental health symptoms among unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents in the United States: A systematic review

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Unaccompanied migrant youths are at elevated risk for exposure to trauma and related mental health challenges, but there is minimal evidence guiding best practices. We conducted a systematic review of quantitative studies that examined mental health evaluation and treatment services for unaccompanied migrant youths resettled in the ...
Natan J. Vega Potler, Sebastian Villegas, Dorice Vieira, Sarah M. Horwitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONCEPTUAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE: AN OVERVIEW

UUM Journal of Legal Studies
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) remains a contentious and highly debated topic within medical, legal, and ethical spheres. The complex issue of (PAS) raises significant inquiries regarding patient autonomy and societal norms. Ambiguities in conceptual,
Nehaluddin Ahmad, Ahmad Masum, Aqilah Walin Ali   +2 more
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Ethical aspects in managing patients diagnosed with digestive cancers; a review of literature [PDF]

, 2019
Numerous bioethical recommendations are now available in the complex process of communication with cancer patients. In this review, we have focused on the complex process of managing patients with different types of oncologic digestive diseases ...
Andreea, Gheorghe, Badiu, Dumitru Cristinel, Dumitru, Andrada, Hulea, Roxana, Marcu, Dragos Radu, Nitipir, Cornelia, Pituru, Silviu, Pop, Corina Silvia, Preda, Gabriel, Serban, Laura Marina   +9 more
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