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Assisted suicide in Germany: a survey on requests for and current practices of assisted suicide [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Following the constitutional court ruling in 2020, which legalized assistance in suicide in Germany under certain conditions, the practice of assisted suicide in Germany has been developing rather dynamically regarding the number of assisted ...
Sabine Sommerlatte +6 more
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Providers of and participants in suicide assistance in Germany: A field description based on expert interviews. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundOver the past 20 years, assisted dying practices have been legalised in an increasing number of countries around the world. After a decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court in 2020, suicide assistance is unregulated in Germany but ...
Sven Schwabe, Franziska A Herbst
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Comparative legal and bioethical perspectives on euthanasia and assisted suicide: a systematic review of european frameworks [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground Euthanasia and assisted suicide remain legally and ethically contested practices across Europe. National frameworks differ in eligibility criteria, procedural safeguards, and oversight mechanisms, reflecting diverse cultural, religious, and ...
Lucía Francés Vañó +2 more
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Analysing restrictive and liberal approaches towards assisted suicide and euthanasia [PDF]
, 2010 MPhil (Laws)The ‘end of life’ issue in relation to assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of our prime concerns and a most widely discussed phenomenon not only in academic and official literature, but also in day-to-day life.
Matker, Prema S
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 BACKGROUND: Older adults are at risk of assisted and self-initiated suicide. The links between prior attempts and assisted suicide in the elderly have not been investigated.
Nathalie Dieudonné Rahm, Sophie Pautex
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 AIMS OF THE STUDY: The legalisation of assisted suicide is one of the most debated topics in the field of medical ethics worldwide. In countries in which assisted suicide is not legal, public discussions about its approval also encompass considerations ...
Giacomo Montagna +4 more
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On contemporary aspects of assisted suicide at plato
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Usually, Plato is not considered a philosopher that comprehensively treated the matter of suicide. By studying Plato’s work (especially Crito, Phaedo, the Republic and the Laws), we observe that Plato was concerned with the problem of ...
A. Voinov
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020 Switzerland has the longest history of the legal practice of non-physician assisted suicide of any country. Assisted suicide is not very tightly regulated in Switzerland, and almost all assisted suicides are supported by a right-to-die organisation ...
Sarah Vilpert +4 more
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ICU health care workers opinion on physician-assisted-suicide and euthanasia: a French survey
Annals of Intensive Care, 2023 Background In France, physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia are not legal but are still debated. French intensive care unit (ICU) health care workers (HCWs) have an insider’s perspective on the global quality of the patient’s end-of-life, whether it ...
Mathieu Acquier +6 more
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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 +3 more
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