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What Kind of a Right is the ‘Right to Die’?

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Mental Health, 2009
Those who argue in favor of a putative right to die rarely look carefully at what kind of a right such a right might be. Yet deciding whether we have a particular right requires understanding what it means to have a right in the first place as well as ...
Constance E. Putnam
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Religious Perspectives on Euthanasia: A Comparative Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Body, Mind and Culture, 2023
Background: This article argues the various religious views on euthanasia. After that, a comparison will be done to see where euthanasia is permitted or not.
chintu jain, Azimkhan B. Pathan
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Where do older adults die in Brazil? An analysis of two decades

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
Objective: To describe the characteristics of older adult deaths reported in Brazil between 1998 and 2018. Methods: This is a retrospective, descriptive study performed using secondary data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Kenny Regina Lehmann   +5 more
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Does the Right to Life include the Right to Die?

open access: yesBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law, 2022
The right to life is a fundamental and absolute human right, which, through its importance, goes beyond the sphere of personal interest, having relevance for the whole society.
Catalina G. Dinu
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A right to die for prisoners?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Prisoner Health, 2019
PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to explore whether, although the state has a duty to protect prisoners, there should nevertheless be a right for prisoners to decide when and how they die.
Angelika Reichstein
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The right to euthanasia: for or against?

open access: yesPatologìâ, 2018
The purpose of the research is to determine the feasibility of introducing euthanasia in Ukraine based on the analysis of world experience. Euthanasia is the most controversial and ambiguous topic of scientifi research, which is on the brink of medicine
R. O. Stefanchuk   +4 more
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Relationship between Religion and Health on the Topic of Euthanasia

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността, 2023
In 1963 Michel Foucault writes that his book “The Birth of the Clinic” is about space, language, and death, about perception. There is a shift of societal problems to the field of medicine, in other words, modernity formulates some social problems ...
Yana Fileva
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Texas Law Obstructs Pregnant Mother’s Right to Die

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2014
By now the legitimacy of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders are acknowledged by everyone – if a patient presents an advanced directive or their family members agree as to what the patient’s wishes were for end-of-life care, then life-sustaining treatments ...
Derek Ayeh
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THE RIGHT TO LIVE. THE RIGHT TO DIE

open access: yesПраці Наукового товариства імені Шевченка. Медичні науки, 2017
The author – doctor and the high education teacher is trying to answer the painful question: Is euthanasia for incurable patients, crippled, mentally handicapped, unborn children with identifi ed prenatal defects in development, possible in modern world ...
Aleksander Kitsera
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Morte e Morrer em Tempos de COVID-19

open access: yesClinical and Biomedical Research, 2021
A pandemia da COVID-19 está tendo impactos em toda a sociedade humana. Muitas questões antes abordadas no plano individual pela Bioética agora tem o desafio de ter o seu enfoque ampliado para toda a sociedade.
José Roberto Goldim   +1 more
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