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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The 3‐Hit Metabolic Signaling Model for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Summary
Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable yet environmentally sensitive neurodevelopmental condition whose biological heterogeneity has resisted a unifying causal explanation for over 100 years. The 3‐hit metabolic signaling model proposes that ASD arises from abnormal persistence of an evolutionarily conserved stress‐response ...
Robert K. Naviaux
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BMJ OpenObjective This study aimed to analyse the attitudes of physicians working in Estonia towards the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide, their willingness to perform these practices and the association of these factors with a range of physician ...
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The Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide [PDF]
The Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide: A Commentary on R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) v. Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v.
Choong, Kartina Aisha
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FDA Regulation and Patient Assisted Suicides [PDF]
, 2012 There are an increasing number of Americans who believe that the marginal benefit of surviving a few extra months is not worth the cost of suffering the pain, physical and/or mental deterioration, or increased dependency they would experience during that
Weiss, David S.
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Assisted suicide: An evaluation
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1991 Physician-assisted suicide is a form of euthanasia. As such, it is contrary to one's ethical responsibility to self, community, and God. Religious tradition, medical tradition, and modern psychology attest that physician-assisted suicide does not solve any human problem.
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Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social anxiety (SA) is highly prevalent among autistic adults, yet little is known about how autistic people respond to common therapeutic strategies, such as exposure tasks. This study examined responses to a structured speech exposure task embedded within an 8‐week modified cognitive–behavioral therapy (M‐CBT) program.
Bruna B. Roisenberg +4 more
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A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2016 Background: Complex suicide defines the type of suicide involving using more than one suicide methods to lead to death. Second method is used to escape from pain or to prevent failure of the first method. Here we present a case of unusual complex suicide
Ramazan Akçan +3 more
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The Necessary Right of Choice for Physician-Assisted Suicide [PDF]
, 2017 Research-based paper on the importance of the right for terminally ill patients facing a painful death to be able to choose how they end their ...
Ullman, Kerry E.
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Social acknowledgement as a predictor of post-traumatic stress and complicated grief after witnessing assisted suicide [PDF]
, 2011 Background: In Switzerland, right-to-die organizations such as Exit Deutsche Schweiz offer suicide assistance to their members. However, there is limited knowledge of the impact that witnessing assisted suicide has on the post- traumatic stress severity ...
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