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Don\u27t Ask--Don\u27t Tell: The Secret Practice of Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]

, 1993
The United States Supreme Court recently acknowledged that the constitutional right to privacy encompasses a patient\u27s right to refuse medical treatment.
Pugliese, Julia
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An argument for physician-assisted suicide and against euthanasia [PDF]

, 2015
The article opens with the hypothesis that the default position that should guide healthcare providers when treating patients at the end-of-life is that patients opt for life. In the absence of an explicit request to die, we may assume that patients wish
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Burden of Disease of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Quality of Life and Societal Cost of Illness

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Information on the burden of disease, including quality of life (QoL) and societal costs, of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is crucial, as healthcare policymakers consider the burden of disease when setting priorities for treatment reimbursement.
Carlijn J. M. Wibbelink, Arnoud Arntz, Jan H. Kamphuis, Iuno Z. Groot, Roland Sinnaeve, Silvia M. A. A. Evers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

FDA Regulation and Patient Assisted Suicides [PDF]

, 2012
There are an increasing number of Americans who believe that the marginal benefit of surviving a few extra months is not worth the cost of suffering the pain, physical and/or mental deterioration, or increased dependency they would experience during that
Weiss, David S.
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Non‐Randomized Clinical Trial of a Short‐Term Therapy Group for Adults Diagnosed With Borderline Personality Disorder: An Intermediate Step in Care

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Road Maps, a short‐term therapy group program (i.e., 12 weeks) as part of an intermediate step in care for adults with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Method A pragmatic non‐randomized clinical trial study design was utilized to examine the effectiveness
Dianna R. Bartsch, Laura Cooke‐O'connor, Tracy Connerty, Sophie C. Dahlenburg, Paul Cammell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

End-of-Life Discussion

Voices in Bioethics, 2014
The discussion around end-of-life issues largely centers on the right of the patient to choose (to refuse life sustaining treatment, or, in some cases, to end his or her life through physician assisted suicide or euthanasia where it has been legalized ...
Gabriella Foe
doaj   +1 more source

The Expansion of the “Right to Die”: Physician-Assisted Suicide, Concepts of State Autonomy & the Proper Political Process for Legalization [PDF]

, 2017
Physician-assisted suicide has been the subject of fierce debate over the past few decades, and there is no doubt that it is an extremely sensitive issue with compelling arguments from both its detractors and its supporters.
Gureasko, Zachary
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A Scoping Review of Eating Disorder Clinicians' Experiences, Needs, Views and Wellbeing

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Eating disorders (ED) are pervasive and severe mental illnesses affecting up to 15% of females and 5% of males internationally with rates sharply rising in recent decades, especially since the COVID‐19 pandemic. As a result, workload pressures on ED services have surged.
Kat Novogrudsky, Janet Treasure, Øyvind Rø, Ulrike Schmidt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐harm‐related mental imagery: A content analysis study of imagery reported by young people referred to mental health services

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
An online questionnaire examined the frequency and content of self‐harm‐related mental imagery in young people with recent self‐harm. All but one participant (98.2%) reported images related to self‐harm, and could include imagining self‐harm and dangerous acts (e.g.
Karima Susi, Anne Stewart, Rebecca Knowles Bevis, Keith Hawton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Assisted death, including euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS), is under debate worldwide, and these practices are adopted in many Western countries.
Reetta P. Piili, Minna Hökkä, Jukka Vänskä, Elina Tolvanen, Pekka Louhiala, Juho T. Lehto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source