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Introductory Remarks of Panel II: Legal, Medical, and Ethical Considerations for the Future of Physician-Assisted Suicice Symposium: Physician-Assusted Suicide: Legal Rights in Life and Death: Introductory Remarks of Panel II: Legal, Medicial, and Ethical Considerations for the Future of Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]

, 1996
Once the Supreme Court issues it decision in the cases of Quill v. Vacco1 and Compassion in Dying v. Washington2 regarding the constitutionality of outlawing physician-assisted suicide for competent and terminally ill persons, the tension surrounding ...
Hernandez, Tanya K.
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Engineering Immune Cell to Counteract Aging and Aging‐Associated Diseases

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review highlights a paradigm shift in which advanced immune cell therapies, initially developed for cancer, are now being harnessed to combat aging. By engineering immune cells to selectively clear senescent cells and remodel pro‐inflammatory tissue microenvironments, these strategies offer a novel and powerful approach to delay age‐related ...
Jianhua Guo, Lanjie Lei, Ying Jin, Lan Su, Shumao Cui, Liyun Shi   +5 more
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Advice and care for patients who die by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is not assisted suicide

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background A competent patient has the right to refuse foods and fluids even if the patient will die. The exercise of this right, known as voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), is sometimes proposed as an alternative to physician assisted ...
Andrew McGee, Franklin G. Miller
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Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm, Aishia A. Brown, Benjamin W. Fisher, Alice Story, Nubia Bennett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Spanish university students

Revista Bioética
Attitudes toward physician-assisted death among medical students differ between populations. The aim of this study was to explore attitudes towards euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among Spanish university students.
María Sol Rodríguez-Calvo, José Luis Soto, Isabel María Martínez-Silva, Fernando Vázquez-Portomeñe, José Ignacio Muñoz-Barús   +4 more
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Suicide assisted by right-to-die associations: a population based cohort study [PDF]

, 2017
Background: In Switzerland, assisted suicide is legal but there is concern that vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are more likely to die in this way than other people. We examined socio-economic factors associated with assisted suicide.
Egger, Matthias, Junker, Christoph, Maessen, Maud, Reisch, Thomas, Steck, Nicole, Zwahlen, Marcel   +5 more
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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs, Deena Shariq, Emily Yang, Giselle Maya, Taylor L. Wilds, Collin W. Mueller, Arianna M. Gard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntary active euthanasia: Is there a place for it in modern day medicine?

South African Family Practice, 2008
This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes concepts like physician assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing vs. letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation.
Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo, Donna Knapp van Bogaert   +1 more
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Delivering a family‐based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Lessons learned in a hybrid type II implementation‐effectiveness randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Resettled refugee families face elevated mental health risks, compounded by structural and cultural barriers. The Family Strengthening Intervention for Resettlement (FSIR), co‐developed with resettled refugee communities, aims to improve family functioning and child mental health.
Euijin Jung, Candace Black, Matias Placencio‐Castro, Lila Chamlagai, Rilwan Osman, Morgan Hoffman, William Beardslee, Theresa S. Betancourt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Audience responses to representations of family-assisted suicide on British television [PDF]

, 2017
Reflecting on different generic conventions, this study highlights the strengths and weaknesses of documentaries and soap operas in addressing the societal and the personal dimensions of family-assisted suicide.
Inthorn, Sanna
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