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P-21 Older dutch people’s self-reported advance euthanasia directive completion before and after the enactment of the euthanasia law: A time trend study (1998–2011)

Poster, 2015
Background In the Netherlands, advance euthanasia directives (AED) are used to request euthanasia under specific circumstances. Although representative of patient wishes, they are not legally binding. Examining AED completion before and after the implementation of the 2002 Dutch euthanasia law can provide some insight on its influence.
N Evans, H Roeline W Pasman, DJH Deeg, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen   +3 more
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Active euthanasia--time for a decision.

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1994
There has been renewed interest in the moral arguments surrounding euthanasia. Some patients are now apprehensive of advanced medical technology which they fear may result in a prolonged and undignified death. In the current situation of scarce resources for health care, both patients and doctors could be coerced into considering active euthanasia if ...
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survey of dairy cattle veterinarians’ perspectives on timely management and euthanasia for common adult cow conditions

American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, 2019
Timely euthanasia of compromised animals on dairy farms can reduce the poor welfare outcomes when recovery is prolonged or impossible. However, little to now research exists regarding euthanasia decision-making. The veterinarian is often involved in euthanasia decision-making, but it is not clear if there is consensus amongst dairy veterinarians on ...
Cramer, M. Caitlin, Dietsch, Alia M., Shearer, Jan K., Proudfoot, Kathryn L., Pairis-Garcia, Monique D.   +4 more
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Euthanasia--an overview for our time.

California medicine, 1973
The Committee for the Continuing Study of Evolving Trends in Society Affecting Life was established by the CMA House of Delegates in 1971, following the consideration of a number of resolutions on the topic of abortion. The committee's charge was broadened, however, to include topics such as euthansia, biomedical engineering, medicine and religion ...
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Time trade-off and attitudes toward euthanasia: implications of using ‘death’ as an anchor in health state valuation

Quality of Life Research, 2012
Health state values are by convention anchored to 'perfect health' and 'death.' Attitudes toward death may consequently influence the valuations. We used attitudes toward euthanasia (ATE) as a sub-construct for attitudes toward death. We compared the influence on values elicited with time trade-off (TTO), lead-time TTO (LT-TTO) and visual analogue ...
Liv A, Augestad, Kim, Rand-Hendriksen, Knut, Stavem, Ivar Sønbø, Kristiansen   +3 more
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Euthanasia method for mice in rapid time-course pulmonary pharmacokinetic studies.

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2010
To develop a means of euthanasia to support rapid time-course pharmacokinetic studies in mice, we compared retroorbital and intravenous lateral tail vein injection of ketamine-xylazine with regard to preparation time, utility, tissue distribution, and time to onset of euthanasia.
Adam R, Schoell, Bruce R, Heyde, Dana E, Weir, Po-Chang, Chiang, Yiding, Hu, David K, Tung   +5 more
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Determining the appropriateness of timely euthanasia in acute fish toxicity testing using observed clinical signs to predict time of death

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Abstract Applying euthanasia before death in acute fish toxicity (AFT) tests contributes significantly to animal welfare by serving as a “refinement” of the test method. A previous study defined three severe signs as moribund states in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), based on the severity classification of clinical signs, for the ...
Takahiro Yamagishi, Riping Huang, Koichi Ohno, Hiroshi Yamamoto   +3 more
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Timing of euthanasia - is it an economic or animal welfare issue?

AASV Annual Meeting, 2022
László Gombos, Botond Alpár, Rita Horváth, László Vágó   +3 more
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Mini-review - Decision-making for timely euthanasia in "end-of-career" dairy cows

This mini-review is a publication of the CARE4DAIRY project, financed by the DG SANTE of the European Commission.
Lesimple, Clémence, Veissier, Isabelle
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Euthanasia: Is There a Time to Die?

Medico-Legal Journal, 1997
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