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Physicians’ experiences with euthanasia: a cross-sectional survey amongst a random sample of Dutch physicians to explore their concerns, feelings and pressure

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Physicians who receive a request for euthanasia or assisted suicide may experience a conflict of duties: the duty to preserve life on the one hand and the duty to relieve suffering on the other hand.
Kirsten Evenblij, H. Roeline W. Pasman, Johannes J. M. van Delden, Agnes van der Heide, Suzanne van de Vathorst, Dick L. Willems, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen   +6 more
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Rational suicide: The paradigm of survival

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Suicide is an intriguing act of the human being. The reasons behind the violation of an instinct for survival is far from being understood.
S. Torres
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Time-trends in assisted and unassisted suicides completed with different methods: Swiss National Cohort

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2015
OBJECTIVE: The number of suicides assisted by right-to-die associations has increased in recent years in Switzerland. The aim of our study was to compare time trends in rates of assisted and unassisted suicide from 1991–2008.
Nicole Steck, Marcel Zwahlen, Matthias Egger   +2 more
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Perception of Physicians Working in Chile Toward Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Introduction: Assisted suicide and euthanasia are controversial issues today and have been throughout the history of humanity, mainly because there are individuals for and against them. Currently, the legalization of these practices is being discussed in
Yelson Alejandro Picón-Jaimes, Javier Esteban Orozco-Chinome, Iván David Lozada-Martínez, Sandra Mass-Ramirez, Carlos Iván Higuera-Cetina, Lina María Montaña-Gómez, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Alexis Rafael Narvaez-Rojas   +7 more
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Clinical problems with the performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in The Netherlands [PDF]

, 2000
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The characteristics and frequency of clinical problems with the performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are uncertain. We analyzed data from two studies of euthanasia and physician-
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny), Heide, A. (Agnes) van der, Maas, P.J. (Paul) van der, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B.D. (Bregje), Wal, G. (Gerrit) van der, Willems, D.L. (Dick)   +5 more
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When is hastened death considered suicide? A systematically conducted literature review about palliative care professionals’ experiences where assisted dying is legal

BMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background Laws allowing assisted suicide and euthanasia have been implemented in many locations around the world but some individuals suffering with terminal illness receiving palliative care services are hastening death or die by suicide without ...
Sheri Mila Gerson, Amanda Bingley, Nancy Preston, Anne Grinyer   +3 more
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Assisted suicide is a critical problem in psychiatry

European Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Active euthanasia is currently permitted in Netherlands, Belgium, Colombia, Luxembourg, Canada, Australia and India. Assisted suicide is allowed in Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Japan, as well as in the states of Washington, Oregon ...
P. Liubov
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Suicide Risk in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities: 2003–2011 [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives We investigated the epidemiology of suicide among adults aged 50 years and older in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and whether anticipating transitioning into long-term care (LTC) is a risk factor for suicide.
Leslie, Marc, Lohman, Matthew, Mezuk, Brianna, Powell, Virginia   +3 more
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Assisted suicide for depression [PDF]

BMJ, 1994
EDITOR, - It is important to learn the appropriate lesson from Alan D Ogilvie and S G Potts's editorial concerning Dr Boudewijn Chabot's assistance in the suicide of a depressed patient.1 Euthanasia can be compared to psychosurgery, since it is an inherently destructive medical intervention that is always regrettable and, while occasionally warranted ...
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Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide by Alexandre Baril

Canadian Journal of Bioethics
There is no more compelling a current issue than critically examining the topics of suicide prevention and assisted suicide. That has been exceptionally accomplished by Alexandre Baril in his book Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to ...
Juergen Dankwort
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