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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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The Necessary Right of Choice for Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]

, 2017
Research-based paper on the importance of the right for terminally ill patients facing a painful death to be able to choose how they end their ...
Ullman, Kerry E.
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Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study

BMC 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, Minna Hökkä, Jukka Vänskä, Elina Tolvanen, Pekka Louhiala, Juho T. Lehto   +5 more
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End-of-Life Discussion

Voices 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
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Argumenty w sporze o legalizację eutanazji i wspomaganego samobójstwa - część II

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

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

Journal 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, Aiza Noor Shahid, Haleema Shafiq, Noman Aslam, Ayesha Ayub   +4 more
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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)

De 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!

Indian 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
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CONCEPTUAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE: AN OVERVIEW

UUM Journal of Legal Studies
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) remains a contentious and highly debated topic within medical, legal, and ethical spheres. The complex issue of (PAS) raises significant inquiries regarding patient autonomy and societal norms. Ambiguities in conceptual,
Nehaluddin Ahmad, Ahmad Masum, Aqilah Walin Ali   +2 more
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