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Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Legal and Practical Contours [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
This paper considers current medical and legal perspectives on patients\u27 right to assistance in dying. In highlighting the competing policy objectives that must be resolved, it examines failed legislative initiatives in Washington and California.
Dangelantonio, Anthony J.
core   +1 more source

Medical students' perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and their views on legalising these practices in South Africa.

open access: yesSouth African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2018
BACKGROUND Euthanasia/physician-assisted suicide have been a controversial and sometimes taboo topic for a long time, not only in South Africa (SA) but also internationally. A recent (SA) judicial case has seen the topic debated again.
R. Jacobs, M. Hendricks
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self‐completed patient‐reported outcome measures in adults with epilepsy: A review

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Epilepsy affects 65 million people worldwide, and is a World Health Organization priority disease as highlighted in their 2022–2031 Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders. IGAP's objectives include improving epilepsy treatment and care.
Alison L. Conquest   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legitimacy of Prohibiting Euthanasia

open access: yesBioéthiqueOnline, 2015
ohn Arras argues against the legalization of physician- assisted suicide and active euthanasia on the basis of social costs that he anticipates will result from legalization.
Gildenhuys, Peter
doaj  

Assisted Suicide Heads to Colorado

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2017
While the outcome of our recent election cycle has represented a country with polarized viewpoints of America’s future policies, one ballot initiative has emerged as a force of consensus.
Tyler Cosmer
doaj   +1 more source

End-of-life decisions in medicine : emperical studies on practice and attitudes in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The role of psychiatrists in end-of-life decision-making will be described in Chapters 2 to 4 (part II). Chapter 2 deals with the experience of Dutch psychiatrists with requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide made by patients under their
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny)
core  

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP): Risk management of pediatric patients with epilepsy

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of death in people with epilepsy with an incidence of 1:1000. The primary risk factors for SUDEP are generalized or focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures. Preventive measures like nighttime monitoring devices and resuscitation training address modifiable risk factors.
Laura Lutz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Argumenty w sporze o legalizację eutanazji i wspomaganego samobójstwa. Część I

open access: yesAnaliza i Egzystencja, 2018
ARGUMENTS IN THE DISPUTE OVER LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE – PART I The aim of this article is to present the arguments used in the debate on the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Bogna Wach
doaj   +1 more source

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide not meeting due care criteria in the Netherlands: a qualitative review of review committee judgements

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2017
Objectives To assess how Dutch regional euthanasia review committees (RTE) apply the euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) due care criteria in cases where the criteria are judged not to have been met (‘due care not met’ (DCNM)) and to evaluate
D. Miller, Scott Y. H. Kim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Therapists' Attitudes and Exclusion Criteria for Prolonged Exposure and EMDR in Patients With Eating Disorders and PTSD

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective A significant proportion of patients with eating disorders (EDs) also meet criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Guidelines recommend exposure‐based treatments for PTSD, including prolonged exposure (PE) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR).
J. van der Starre   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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