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"We need to talk!" Barriers to GPs' communication about the option of physician-assisted suicide and their ethical implications: results from a qualitative study. [PDF]
Med Health Care Philos, 2017 Otte IC, Jung C, Elger B, Bally K.
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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 +1 more
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Formal care of the elderly and health outcomes among adult daughters
Health Economics, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 436-461, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Health‐care expenditures and the demand for caregiving are increasing concerns for policy makers. Although informal care to a certain extent may substitute for costly formal care, providing informal care may come at a cost to caregivers in terms of their own health.
Signe A. Abrahamsen +1 more
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BMC Family Practice, 2006 Background A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the UK recently made significant progress in the British House of Lords and will be reintroduced in the future.
Hicks Madelyn
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The sanctity of life: The role of purity in attitudes towards abortion and euthanasia
International Journal of Psychology, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page 16-29, February 2023., 2023 Although abortion and euthanasia are highly contested issues at the heart of the culture war, the moral foundations underlying ideological differences on these issues are mostly unknown. Given that much of the extant debate is framed around the sanctity of life, we argued that the moral foundation of purity/sanctity—a core moral belief that emphasises ...
Christopher Lockhart +3 more
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“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 +2 more
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Artificial Intelligence for Suicide Assessment using Audiovisual Cues: A Review [PDF]
, 2022 Death by suicide is the seventh leading death cause worldwide. The recent advancement in Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically AI applications in image and voice processing, has created a promising opportunity to revolutionize suicide risk assessment.
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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
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Journal of Consumer Psychology, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 143-166, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Individuals seek and value choice freedom, firms provide consumers ever‐increasing opportunities to exercise it, citizens worry about protecting their right to choose freely, and scholars across different disciplines study the topic around the globe.
Simona Botti +2 more
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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
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