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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Physician-Assisted Suicide"”.
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Physician-assisted suicide: The courts leave it to the states
… that laws in New York and Washington prohibiting physician-assisted suicide violated neither the Due Process nor the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court overturned decisions from the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal. The Court stated these decisions do not …
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Bioethics and human rights in international law: genetic engineering, euthanasia and/or physician assisted suicide
… forms of genetic engineering, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. This dissertation is aimed at specifically focusing on the dichotomy of ideologies and legislation concerning the rights to human dignity and privacy in relation to the medical advancements involving genetic engineering, …
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Good life in the balance: A cross-national study of Dutch and Australian disability perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
… and Australia on the issues of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EPAS). A disability voice is not prominent in public debate on EPAS in Australia or the Netherlands, even though people with disabilities are often thought to be vulnerable in relation to EPAS policies. Disability …
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Framing Death: The Use of Frames in Newspaper Coverage of and Press Releases about Death with Dignity
… Oregon remains the only state in America to make physician-assisted suicide an explicit legal right. Currently, the legality of physician-assisted suicide falls under the jurisdiction of each individual state. Had the United States Supreme Court ruled differently in a recent case, however, the …
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The case for assisted dying/euthanasia in specific cases in South Africa with reference to the development of the South African and Canadian Jurisprudence under a human rights political order
… all lend support to the case for decriminalising physician assisted suicide through invoking a right to die with dignity (RDD). This argument is foundationally premised on the clear jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court which sets out the right to dignity and the value of dignity as the …
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The Murderess: A True Crime Chamber Opera
… of morality and explores the implications of physician-assisted suicide. The Murderess is full of suspenseful music and many bittersweet moments. Recurring motifs are used to create musical foreshadowing, and the opera features several arias suitable for standalone performance.
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The Euthanasia Debate: International Experience and Canadian Policy Proposals
… prospect of the introduction of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide into Canadian society. The thesis argues that euthanasia is too simplistic an approach to address the complexities of end of life issues. The policy proposal under active discussion is profoundly mistaken. The language of …
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Dealing with Death: Medical Students' Experiences with Patient Loss
… research concerning medical socialization and physicians, students do not always view death as a failure. Beyond the students' death experiences, the study also captured students' perceptions and reactions towards various socialization stages in their medical careers, such as gross anatomy lab. …
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Recurrent cancer and quality of life : a description of the experiences of oncology patients
… to matters such as cost-effective economics, physician-assisted suicide, and quantity of life versus quality of life make the construct of quality of life even more important to ascertain.Quality of life can be an elusive construct to define as well as a difficult one to measure; however, …
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A Distinction Without A Moral Difference? An Essay On The Difference Between Palliative Sedation And Physician-Assisted Death
… have considered the practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, which can be categorized as instances of physician-assisted death (PAD), to be beyond the scope of ethically appropriate health care. Many of these same individuals who oppose PAD, and the professional organizations they …
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Begetting, Not Making, in the Brave New World: IVF Abstinence and Considerations for a Christian Ethic
… I argue that the majority positions on abortion, physician-assisted suicide, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism are incompatible with the majority view of qualified-embrace. Additionally, I express concerns about the opportunity for novel family structures that IVF opens up, which should elicit …