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?I Should at Least Have the Feeling That It [?] Really Comes from Within?: Professional Nursing Views on Assisted Suicide

Palliative Medicine Reports, 2023
Background: Due to a decision by the German Federal Constitutional Court of February 26, 2020, it is currently possible in Germany to avail of assisted suicide. The ruling has given rise to a controversial debate within the professional community as well
Lena D?rmann, Friedemann Nauck, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Henrikje Stanze   +3 more
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Types of suicide pacts: a comparative analysis using the National Violent Death Reporting System

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
IntroductionSuicide pacts are lethal acts of violence involving multiple decedents. No study has ever compared suicide pact types using a large sample, limiting our understanding of this rare but serious phenomenon. The objective of the current study was
Kawon Victoria Kim, Kawon Victoria Kim, Cayley Russell, Cayley Russell, Mark S. Kaplan, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Jürgen Rehm, Shannon Lange, Shannon Lange, Shannon Lange   +16 more
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“Swiss physicians’ attitudes to assisted suicide”

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2015
PRINCIPLES: In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal as long as it does not involve self-serving motives. Physician-assisted suicide is regulated by specific guidelines issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS).
Susanne Brauer, Christian Bolliger, Jean-Daniel Strub   +2 more
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A role for doctors in assisted dying? An analysis of legal regulations and medical professional positions in six European countries [PDF]

, 2008
An extensive debate about assisted suicide and euthanasia has been taking place in westernized countries during the last twenty years. Traditionally, the medical profession has maintained a clear distance from euthanasia and assisted suicide, but this ...
Bosshard, G., Broeckaert, B., Clark, D., Gordijn, B., Materstvedt, L.J., Müller-Busc, C.   +5 more
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Old age rational suicide [PDF]

, 2017
In the societal debate surrounding voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, there is a concern that older people will be left exposed to any legislation, subject to either faint suggestion or outright coercion from familial or professional ...
Richards, Naomi
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Attitudes of university hospital staff towards in-house assisted suicide.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectiveTo investigate staff attitudes toward assisted suicide in the hospital setting in Switzerland.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingTwo University Hospitals in French speaking regions of Switzerland.Participants13'834 health care professionals ...
Claudia Gamondi, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Gian Domenico Borasio, Samia Hurst, Ralf J Jox, Bara Ricou   +5 more
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Attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia among care-dependent older adults (50+) in Austria: the role of socio-demographics, religiosity, physical illness, psychological distress, and social isolation

BMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background Care-dependency constitutes an important issue with regard to the approval of end-of-life decisions, yet attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia are understudied among care-dependent older adults.
Erwin Stolz, Hannes Mayerl, Peter Gasser-Steiner, Wolfgang Freidl   +3 more
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A qualitative study on continuous deep sedation until death as an alternative to assisted suicide in Switzerland

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background According to the European Association for Palliative Care, decisions regarding palliative sedation should not be made in response to requests for assisted dying, such as euthanasia or assisted suicide.
Martyna Tomczyk, Nathalie Dieudonné-Rahm, Ralf J. Jox   +2 more
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Physician-assisted death in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands [PDF]

, 1997
BACKGROUND: In 1994 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that in exceptional instances, physician-assisted suicide might be justifiable for patients with unbearable mental suffering but no physical illness.
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny), Heide, A. (Agnes) van der, Hengeveld, M.W. (Michiel), Maas, P.J. (Paul) van der, Schudel, W.J. (Willem), Tholen, A.J., Wal, G. (Gerrit) van der   +6 more
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Nurse Prescribers and legalising assisted suicide in the UK [PDF]

, 2016
Should assisted suicide be legalised? This is a topic of debate in the UK once again. The House of Lords and the Judiciary indicate that legislation must be enacted by the Government to make assisted suicide a reality.
Gagan, Mark, Hartwell, Matthew
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