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Euthanasia and Medically Assisted Suicide -- the Case for Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide

, 2001
Ethical and legal debates over ending life are inescapably emotive, controversial and complex. It is, however, increasingly urgent to resolve the debate over the legalization or continued prohibition of physician assisted suicide for a number of reasons,
Manga, Pran
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A Little Support Goes a Long Way: A Mixed‐Methods Pilot Study of Supported Digital CBTe for Recurrent Binge Eating

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Eating disorders characterized by recurrent binge eating are prevalent, impairing, and undertreated. Digital programme‐led interventions may increase access to recommended treatments, but completion rates are variable. Adding brief human support to digital programmes may improve completion and outcomes.
Rebecca Murphy, Emma L. Osborne, Charandeep K. Khera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicide assistance in Germany: A protocol for a multi-perspective qualitative study to explore the current practice.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundSuicide assistance is as a complex process comprising a series of stages, ranging from initial consultations with patients about end-of-life options to counselling bereaved family members.
Sven Schwabe, Franziska A Herbst, Stephanie Stiel, Nils Schneider   +3 more
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Beyond BMI: Unsupervised Machine Learning Clustering of Bioelectrical Impedance Phenotypes Is Associated With Weight‐Recovery Trajectories in Anorexia Nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To identify data‐driven body composition phenotypes in patients with moderate‐to‐extreme anorexia nervosa (AN) using machine learning (ML) clustering of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) parameters, and to test whether these phenotypes have specific psychopathological and childhood trauma profiles while correlating with early ...
Emanuele Cassioli, Gaia Maiolini, Eleonora D'Areglia, Livio Tarchi, Eleonora Rossi, Veronica Ceccarelli, Cristiano Dani, Luca Zompa, Chiara Ranieri, Enrico Lodovici, Anita Nannoni, Valdo Ricca, Giovanni Castellini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Facts, Figures and Fancies With Special Regard to Old Age

, 1998
The objective of this paper is to describe the ethics and incidence of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) with special regard to old age.
Muller, Martien T., Kimsma, Gerrit K., van der Wal, Gerrit   +2 more
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Binge‐Eating Disorder in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the feasibility of a randomized pilot trial of group‐based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for binge eating disorder (BED) in individuals with type 2 diabetes, and to estimate exploratory clinical outcomes to inform the design of a future efficacy trial. Method Thirty‐four participants with type 2 diabetes and BED were
Pernille Fiil Nybo, Michael Einar Røder, Mia Beck Lichtenstein, René Klinkby Støving, Jakob Linnet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of hostility and aggression with perampanel monotherapy versus combination therapy in pediatric epilepsy: A Japanese post‐marketing database study using a nested case–control design

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To compare the incidence of hostility‐ and aggression‐related adverse events in children with focal‐onset seizures (FOS), with or without focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures (FBTCS), receiving perampanel as monotherapy or in combination with other antiseizure medications (ASMs).
Yukitoshi Takahashi, Masato Takeuchi, Akiko Yoshimura, Kasumi Daidoji, Kazuhiro Matsutani, Mika Ishii   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

DEATH ON REQUEST [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2011
The topics of euthanasia and assisted suicide are of profound importance in terms of law, ethics, religion, and social values. The question whether assisted dying should be legalised is often treated, by judges and commentators alike, as a question which
LAURA-CRISTIANA SPATARU-NEGURA
doaj  

Attitudes of Physicians Regarding Physician-Assisted Suicide

, 1995
A survey of New Jersey physicians reveals no clear consensus as to whether physician-assisted suicide should be legalized, and most physicians stated that they would not participate in such activities where it is legal to do so.
Damato, Anthony N., Reisner, Michelle
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Assisted Suicide by Oxygen Deprivation With Helium at a Swiss Right-to-Die Organisation

, 2010
BACKGROUND: In Switzerland, right-to-die organisations assist their members with suicide by lethal drugs, usually barbiturates. One organisation, Dignitas, has experimented with oxygen deprivation as an alternative to sodium pentobarbital.
Ogden, Russel D, Hamilton, William K, Whitcher, Charles   +2 more
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