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Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics
Background Assisted death, including euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS), is under debate worldwide, and these practices are adopted in many Western countries.
Reetta P. Piili   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

End-of-Life Discussion

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2014
The discussion around end-of-life issues largely centers on the right of the patient to choose (to refuse life sustaining treatment, or, in some cases, to end his or her life through physician assisted suicide or euthanasia where it has been legalized ...
Gabriella Foe
doaj   +1 more source

Is there a Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
In Part I, the author explains that it is the adjudication between the conflicting claims of individual liberty, personal autonomy and self-determination versus the preservation of life as a societal value that is at the core of the issue posed by ...
Bleich, J. David
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Argumenty w sporze o legalizację eutanazji i wspomaganego samobójstwa - część II

open access: yesAnaliza i Egzystencja, 2018
ARGUMENTS IN THE DISPUTE OVER LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE – PART II 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

Physician-Assisted Suicide: State Legislation Teetering at the Pinnacle of a Slippery Slope

open access: yes, 1998
Physician-assisted suicide has become the subject of a hotly contested legal and political debate, both in the United States and abroad. In 1997, the United States Supreme Court rendered two decisions concerning physician-assisted suicide, and two states
Park, Eunice
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Physician-assisted suicide : an oxymoron? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Attitude of undergraduate medical students towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Euthanasia is categorically prohibited in Pakistan by Islamic law, but a clash of opinions among doctors and human rights advocates still prevails. As a result, medical students are becoming concerned about its practice and this problem needs to be ...
Mahnoor   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing the common law crime of murder in relation to physician-assisted suicide and physician-assisted euthanasia: Revisiting the missteps of Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 2015 (4) SA 50 (G)

open access: yesDe Jure, 2021
The paper reflects on the court’s attempt in Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to develop the common law in relation to physician assisted suicide and physician assisted euthanasia.
Ntokozo Mnyandu
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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Indian context: Sooner or later the need to ponder!

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2013
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is a controversial subject which has recently captured the interest of media, public, politicians, and medical profession.
Farooq Khan, George Tadros
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical aspects in managing patients diagnosed with digestive cancers; a review of literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Numerous bioethical recommendations are now available in the complex process of communication with cancer patients. In this review, we have focused on the complex process of managing patients with different types of oncologic digestive diseases ...
Andreea, Gheorghe   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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