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Clinical Problems with the Performance of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Netherlands [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2000
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The characteristics and frequency of clinical problems with the performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are uncertain. We analyzed data from two studies of euthanasia and physician-
Johanna H Groenewoud, Agnes van der Heide, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Attitudes about withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and physician assisted suicide: a cross-sectional survey among the general public in Croatia [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
Background There has been no in-depth research of public attitudes on withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment, euthanasia, assisted suicide and physician assisted suicide in Croatia.
Ana Borovecki, Marko Curkovic, Krunoslav Nikodem, Stjepan Oreskovic, Milivoj Novak, Filip Rubic, Jurica Vukovic, Diana Spoljar, Bert Gordijn, Chris Gastmans   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“It is difficult to be absolutely sure one way or the other.” – a mixed method study on Finnish physicians’ views on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are complex and ethically challenging topics. Physicians’ attitudes toward euthanasia and PAS have been studied, but little is known about their ethical considerations regarding these topics ...
Reetta P. Piili, Minna Hökkä, Elina Tolvanen, Jukka Vänskä, Pekka Louhiala, Juho T. Lehto   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

US medical and surgical society position statements on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a review [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background An analysis of the position statements of secular US medical and surgical professional societies on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia have not been published recently.
Joseph G. Barsness, Casey R. Regnier, C. Christopher Hook, Paul S. Mueller   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“I lost so much more than my partner” – Bereaved partners’ grief experiences following suicide or physician-assisted dying in case of a mental disorder

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background There is a lack of existing research on grief following the intentional death of people suffering from a mental disorder. Our study aims to provide insight into grief experiences and social reactions of bereaved persons who lost their life ...
M. C. Snijdewind, J. de Keijser, G. Casteelen, P. A. Boelen, G. E. Smid   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Swiss physicians’ attitudes to assisted suicide”

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2015
PRINCIPLES: In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal as long as it does not involve self-serving motives. Physician-assisted suicide is regulated by specific guidelines issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS).
Susanne Brauer, Christian Bolliger, Jean-Daniel Strub   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physician-assisted death in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 1997
BACKGROUND: In 1994 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that in exceptional instances, physician-assisted suicide might be justifiable for patients with unbearable mental suffering but no physical illness.
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny), Heide, A. (Agnes) van der, Hengeveld, M.W. (Michiel), Maas, P.J. (Paul) van der, Schudel, W.J. (Willem), Tholen, A.J., Wal, G. (Gerrit) van der   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) and an Argument for Morally Permissible Euthanasia

Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, 2021
The issues and questions generated by euthanasia have informed divergent views among scholars. Some uphold the sanctity of human life and oppose euthanasia regardless of the situation.
Macaulay-Adeyelure C. Olawunmi, Ibiyemi, Sheriff Olasunkanmi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advice and care for patients who die by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is not assisted suicide

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background A competent patient has the right to refuse foods and fluids even if the patient will die. The exercise of this right, known as voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), is sometimes proposed as an alternative to physician assisted ...
Andrew McGee, Franklin G. Miller
doaj   +1 more source

A Question of Mercy

Voices in Bioethics, 2015
The right-to-die debate was cast into the spotlight on November 1, 2014, when Brittany Maynard, a beautiful young California woman, took her own life by a doctor- prescribed lethal dose.
Mahala Yates Stripling
doaj   +1 more source