The impact of suicide beliefs on support for suicide prevention and physician-assisted suicide [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground In 2019, Taiwan implemented two laws with contrasting implications for suicide-related policies: the Suicide Prevention Act, which mandates government-led interventions to prevent suicide, and the Patient Right to Autonomy Act, which affirms ...
Nina Ming-Hsin Hsu +4 more
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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Patients With Multiple Geriatric Syndromes.
JAMA Intern Med, 2021 Key Points Question What are the patient characteristics and circumstances associated with the request for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in cases of multiple geriatric syndromes as reported in the case summaries of the Dutch Regional ...
van den Berg V +7 more
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Attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Spanish university students
Revista Bioética, 2019 Attitudes toward physician-assisted death among medical students differ between populations. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among Spanish university students.
María Sol Rodríguez-Calvo +4 more
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Do mental or somatic diagnoses influence emotional response and perception of physician-assisted suicide in Germany? A vignette-based experiment [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is increasingly being legalized in a growing number of countries and is the focus of societal and ethical debates.
Laura Hofmann, Birgit Wagner
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Suffering, authenticity, and physician assisted suicide. [PDF]
Med Health Care Philos, 2020 a course The ...
Ahlzen R.
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“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 EthicsBackground 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 +5 more
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The involvement of family in the Dutch practice of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: a systematic mixed studies review. [PDF]
BMC Med Ethics, 2019 Family members do not have an official position in the practice of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (EAS) in the Netherlands according to statutory regulations and related guidelines. However, recent empirical findings on the influence of family
Roest B, Trappenburg M, Leget C.
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for patients with depression. Thought-provoking remarks [PDF]
Rivista di psichiatria, 2020 Euthanasia and medical assistance in dying entail daunting ethical and moral challenges, in addition to a host of medical and clinical issues, which are further complicated in cases of patients whose decision-making skills have been negatively affected ...
Bersani, G +3 more
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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-
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny) +5 more
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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 +3 more
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