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Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia
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 +2 more
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BMJ OpenObjective This study aimed to analyse the attitudes of physicians working in Estonia towards the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide, their willingness to perform these practices and the association of these factors with a range of physician ...
Aime Keis +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 BackgroundEuthanasia remains a controversial topic in both public discourses and legislation. Although some determinants of acceptance of euthanasia and physician-assisted death have been identified in previous studies, there is still a shortage of ...
Erwin Stolz +5 more
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Pharmacists, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Pain Control [PDF]
, 1999 One of the unintended consequences of the decade-old public debate about the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is an increased interest in pain control for terminally ill patients.
Meisel, Alan
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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 +3 more
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Legal and Practical Contours [PDF]
, 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.
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Old age rational suicide [PDF]
, 2017 In the societal debate surrounding voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, there is a concern that older people will be left exposed to any legislation, subject to either faint suggestion or outright coercion from familial or professional ...
Richards, Naomi
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End-of-life decisions in medicine : emperical studies on practice and attitudes in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 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)
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The Legitimacy of Prohibiting Euthanasia
BioéthiqueOnline, 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
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Assisted Suicide Heads to Colorado
Voices 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
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