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CONCEPTUAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE: AN OVERVIEW
UUM Journal of Legal StudiesPhysician-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 +2 more
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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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Hastening death in end-of-life care: A survey of doctors [PDF]
, 2009 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Social Science & Medicine. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural ...
Seale, C
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: Rights and Risks to Vulnerable Communities [PDF]
, 1997 In this Introduction, the author discusses the recent Supreme Court decisions Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill. On one hand, several panel contributors hold the position that one should have the right to control one’s own death, which is ...
Zipursky, Benjamin C.
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Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalisation of physician assisted suicide
BMC Medical Ethics, 2009 Background Assisted dying has wide support among the general population but there is evidence that those providing care for the dying may be less supportive. Senior doctors would be involved in implementing the proposed change in the law.
Rayner Lauren +3 more
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Drawing a Line Between Killing and Letting Die: The Law, and Law Reform, on Medically Assisted Dying [PDF]
, 1993 Traditional medical ethics and law draw a sharp distinction between allowing a patient to die and helping her die. Withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatment, such as by abating technological nutrition, hydration or respiration, will cause ...
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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The Case for an Autonomy-Centred View of Physician-Assisted Death [PDF]
, 2020 Most people who defend physician-assisted death (PAD) endorse the Joint View, which holds that two conditions—autonomy and welfare—must be satisfied for PAD to be justified. In this paper, we defend an Autonomy Only view.
Davis, Jeremy, Mathison, Eric
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PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DYING: DEFINING THE ETHICALLY AMBIGUOUS [PDF]
, 2018 In states where Physician Assisted Dying (PAD) is legal, physicians occasionally receive requests for this form of end-of-life care. Here, I describe the ethically ambiguous sphere and why PAD falls into it.
O'Leary, Chandler
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An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide
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 +2 more
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Ethical Issues: Assisted Suicide Upheld [PDF]
, 2006 EssayThe ethical controversy invited by legally allowing physician assisted suicide is a familiar and complex one in which personal rights, states' rights, professional obligation, and the federal government's sense of global obligation to protect human ...
Fleming, David A.
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