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The fight-to-die: older people and death activism

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2012
This article explores the activities and convictions of older right-to-die activists who belong to a small but very active interest group based in Scotland, UK, called Friends at the End (FATE).
Naomi Richards
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¿Derecho a morir con dignidad?

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2008
El derecho a morir con dignidad es un concepto vago y que recibe múltiples interpretaciones, muchas de ellas inapropiadas. Se propone la necesidad de que sea el médico quien se haga responsable de proteger los derechos del paciente, de garantizar el uso ...
Álvaro Ruiz
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Ethical arguments against coercing provider participation in MAiD (medical assistance in dying) in Ontario, Canada

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
It has historically been a crime in Canada to provide assistance to someone in ending their own life, however, this paradigm was inverted in 2015 when the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled that restrictions on this practice, within certain defined ...
Travis Carpenter, Lucas Vivas
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The adaptation of the therapeutic effort: science, technology and society

Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, 2018
The scientific and technological development has an impact in all the spheres of society. The adaptation of the therapeutic effort is example of this. The author’s motive to carry out this bibliographic review article laid on the technological abuse as a
Gilberto de Jesús Betancourt-Betancourt, Gilberto Lázaro Betancourt-Reyes, Nguyen Castro-Gutierrez   +2 more
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Legal Problems of qualification of euthanasia in Kazakhstan

Хабаршы. Заң сериясы, 2017
The article deals with the problem of the legal qualification of euthanasia in Kazakhstan, as well as proposals to allocate an independent structure less dangerous kind of murder.
Kopbayev D.Z., Tleuov T.M.
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Diretivas antecipadas de vontade: percurso histórico na América Latina

Revista Bioética
Resumo As diretivas antecipadas de vontade são instrumento para garantir ao paciente o direito de decidir sobre seus cuidados de saúde, especialmente os relacionados ao fim da vida.
Renata da Silva Fontes Monteiro, Aluísio Gomes da Silva Junior   +1 more
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Collaboration and research imperatives for a growing right-to-die movement. [PDF]

Can J Public Health, 2023
Dankwort J.
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Right to Die

, 2014
This entry opens with a concise history of the right to die movement. Then it provides a conceptual framework, explaining key terms that are often utilized by those who advocate physician aid-in-dying: liberty, autonomy, dignity, respect, concern, quality of life and suffering.
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Quando a morte é um ato de cuidado: obstinação terapêutica em crianças

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Este artigo discute um caso específico de recusa de obstinação terapêutica para um bebê de oito meses, portador de Amiotrofia Espinhal Progressiva Tipo I, uma doença genética incurável, degenerativa e com curto prognóstico médico de sobrevida.
Debora Diniz
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« 99 % des suicides sont tragiques, nous nous battons pour le 1 % qui reste » : des esprits sains dans des corps malades et l’activisme du droit à la mort

Criminologie, 2018
À partir de recherches ethnographiques menées auprès d’activistes du droit à la mort, cet article cherche à relever et à analyser les divisions de nature conceptuelle qui structurent les arguments des activistes.
Ari Gandsman
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