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Physician-Assisted Suicide

Archives of Neurology, 1997
Physician-assisted suicide goes against the traditional healing role of the physician and, as pointed out by Bernat, 1 is likely to undermine the patient-physician relationship. It is clear that physicians, as a group, are divided in their willingness to assist suicide: 375 (40%) of 938 physicians in Washington State were willing to assist a patient to
Margaret A. Drickamer   +2 more
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The Goals of Medicine and Compassion in the Ethical Assessment of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Relieving Pain and Suffering by Protecting, Promoting, and Maintaining the Person’s Well-Being

Journal of Palliative Care, 2022
Arguments regarding the goals of medicine in end-of-life occupy a prominent place in the debate on life-ending medical interventions. The discussions in favor of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide focus on relieving patients’ intractable pain and ...
Ercan Avci
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Spanish regulation of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2021
In March 2021, the Spanish Congress approved the law regulating euthanasia, that regulates both euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). In this article, we analyse the Spanish law regulating euthanasia and PAS, comparing it with the rest of the ...
Tamara Raquel Velasco Sanz   +4 more
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The Islamic perspective on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia

Medicine, Science and the Law, 2020
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia can be debated from ethical and legal perspectives, and there are a variety of views regarding their acceptability and usefulness. Religion is considered an important factor in determining attitudes towards
M. Madadin   +5 more
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Physician-Assisted Suicide

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2001
Medical professional codes have long prohibited physician involvement in assisting a patient's suicide. However, despite ethical and legal prohibitions, calls for the liberalization of this ban have grown in recent years. The medical profession should articulate its views on the arguments for and against changes in public policy and decide whether ...
L, Snyder, D P, Sulmasy
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Physician-Assisted Suicide

Gastroenterology Nursing, 2003
There are many issues surrounding the end of life. One of the most controversial is physician-assisted suicide. Because nursing is intimately involved with care of patients at the end of life in a variety of settings, it is incumbent upon nurses to be well informed on this issue.
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Defining Physician-Assisted Suicide Tourism and Travel

, 2020
The concept of suicide tourism was first mentioned in the late 1900s; however, definitions remain ambiguous. Although “tourism” is often associated with joyful experiences, it takes involves forms and purposes that may not be leisure- or pleasure-related,
Chung-En Yu, Jun Wen, Fang Meng
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Physician-Assisted Suicide

Ethics & Medics, 1996
In Committee on Bioethical Issues of the Medical Society of the State of New York published an article titled "Physician-assisted suicide."1 The position of the Committee, consonant with that of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association,2 was that physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally inconsistent with the ...
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“An indelible mark” the response to participation in euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among doctors: A review of research findings

Palliative & Supportive Care, 2019
Introduction The debate regarding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (E/PAS) raises key issues about the role of the doctor, and the professional, ethical, and clinical dimensions of the doctor-patient relationship.
B. Kelly   +4 more
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