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Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2018
Background: Physician-assisted suicide is one of the features with very different legal solutions in the world. In Serbia, physician-assisted suicide is a crime, within a crime of the assisted suicide.
Božidar BANOVIĆ, Veljko TURANJANIN, Emir ĆOROVIĆ   +2 more
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Physician-assisted suicide [PDF]

BMJ, 1998
Ed Robert F Weir Indiana University Press, £24.95, pp 266 ISBN 0 253 33282 6 During the first Dutch study into euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions (for the Remmelink committee in 1991), we asked doctors involved in euthanasia cases why they chose euthanasia instead of assisted suicide and vice versa.
M. Therese Lysaught, Robert F. Weir
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Physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia and palliative sedation: attitudes and knowledge of medical students

GMS Journal for Medical Education, 2016
Objectives: In November 2015, the German Federal Parliament voted on a new legal regulation regarding assisted suicide. It was decided to amend the German Criminal Code so that any “regular, repetitive offer” (even on a non-profit basis) of assistance in
Anneser, Johanna, Jox, Ralf J., Thurn, Tamara, Borasio, Gian Domenico   +3 more
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Family involvement in euthanasia or Physician Assisted Suicide and dementia: A systematic review

Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2023
To assess how families are involved in situations of euthanasia or physician assisted suicide (PAS) in dementia.
Trijntje M Scheeres-Feitsma, Angela J. J. M. Keijzer van Laarhoven, R. de Vries, Petruschka Schaafsma, J. T. van der Steen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2017
Background: In the majority of countries, active direct euthanasia is a forbidden way of the deprivation of the patients’ life, while its passive form is commonly accepted.
Božidar BANOVIĆ, Veljko TURANJANIN, Anđela MILORADOVIĆ   +2 more
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“I lost so much more than my partner” – Bereaved partners’ grief experiences following suicide or physician-assisted dying in case of a mental disorder

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background There is a lack of existing research on grief following the intentional death of people suffering from a mental disorder. Our study aims to provide insight into grief experiences and social reactions of bereaved persons who lost their life ...
M. C. Snijdewind, J. de Keijser, G. Casteelen, P. A. Boelen, G. E. Smid   +4 more
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Grief After Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide.

Crisis, 2020
Background: Several countries have regulated euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Research has looked at the experiences of patients, family, and professionals. However, little is known of the effects on bereaved individuals.
K. Andriessen, K. Krysińska, D. A. Castelli Dransart, L. Dargis, B. Mishara   +4 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, Christian Bolliger, Jean-Daniel Strub   +2 more
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Physician-assisted death in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 1997
BACKGROUND: In 1994 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that in exceptional instances, physician-assisted suicide might be justifiable for patients with unbearable mental suffering but no physical illness.
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny), Heide, A. (Agnes) van der, Hengeveld, M.W. (Michiel), Maas, P.J. (Paul) van der, Schudel, W.J. (Willem), Tholen, A.J., Wal, G. (Gerrit) van der   +6 more
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Advice and care for patients who die by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is not assisted suicide

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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