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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When Suicide Is Not Suicide: Self-induced Morbidity and Mortality in the General Hospital
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2015 Suicidal phenomena in the general hospital can take a variety of forms that can be parsed by taking into account whether or not the patient 1) intended to hasten death, and 2) included collaborators, including family and health care providers, in the ...
J. Michael Bostwick
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 2020 Background Over the last two decades an increasing number of countries have legalized euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) leading to considerable debate over the inherent ethical dilemmas.
Lars Mehlum +13 more
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Introductory Remarks of Panel II: Legal, Medical, and Ethical Considerations for the Future of Physician-Assisted Suicice Symposium: Physician-Assusted Suicide: Legal Rights in Life and Death: Introductory Remarks of Panel II: Legal, Medicial, and Ethical Considerations for the Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]
, 1996 Once the Supreme Court issues it decision in the cases of Quill v. Vacco1 and Compassion in Dying v. Washington2 regarding the constitutionality of outlawing physician-assisted suicide for competent and terminally ill persons, the tension surrounding ...
Hernandez, Tanya K.
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Escape from New York: Analyzing the State\u27s Relative Interests in Proscribing the Withdrawal of Life Support and Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]
, 2003 This Note argues that states cannot consistently prohibit physician assisted suicide for terminally ill patients while they continue to allow the withdrawal of life support for even non-terminal patients.
Miller, Colin
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A role for doctors in assisted dying? An analysis of legal regulations and medical professional positions in six European countries [PDF]
, 2008 An extensive debate about assisted suicide and euthanasia has been taking place in westernized countries during the last twenty years. Traditionally, the medical profession has maintained a clear distance from euthanasia and assisted suicide, but this ...
Bosshard, G. +5 more
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Pet Euthanasia and Human Euthanasia
Voices in BioethicsPhoto ID 213552852 © Yuryz | Dreamstime.com Abstract A criticism of assisted death is that it’s contrary to the Hippocratic Oath. This opposition to assisted death assumes that death is harmful to the person who dies. In this paper, I argue that the
Jason Chen
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Physician-assisted suicide : an oxymoron? [PDF]
, 2000 The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.zaCITATION: Moodley, K. 2000. Physician-assisted suicide: An oxymoron?
Moodley, Keymanthri
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Physicians' Role in Physician-Assisted Suicide Discussions
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2004 Physicians of patients who request physician-assisted suicide should not avoid the subject and should try to discuss the patients' specific concerns and fears with them. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
Wendy S, Johnston, Paul, Bascom
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Voices in Bioethics, 2014 Increasingly, there has been a push for better access to palliative care. It could be the result of the baby boomer generation reaching the end-of-life stages, recent euthanasia legalization (for children in the Netherlands, and for adults in Quebec ...
Gabriella Foe
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