Essays about: "assisted suicide"
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1. Nursing students´ experiences of end-of-life care education in Belgium
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaperAbstract : Background: The need for palliative care and end-of-life care increases as the world population grows older and as people, more extensively, suffer from chronic diseases. End-of-life care is described as a part of palliative care and people in need of end-of-life care can be met anywhere in the health care system, therefore, education about end-of-life care is necessary for nursing students. READ MORE
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2. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide : An Argumentative Analysis for the Legalisation of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : The practise of euthanasia is not new. There was general support for voluntary euthanasiathroughout Roman antiquity in lieu of prolonged suffering. READ MORE
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3. Attitudes among Swedish medical students towards assisted dying
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperAbstract : IntroductionOver the last decades a positive shift in attitudes towards legalisation of assisted dying (AD) (AD including euthanasia (EUT) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS)) have occurred in western Europe. Physicians are generally more negative than the general public toward legalisation. READ MORE
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4. A European Right to Assisted Suicide? Moral Justifications of the ECtHR Case Law
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This thesis seeks to investigate whether the current European Court of Human Rights case-law on assisted suicide can be justified using Kantian or Utilitarian arguments. The theory, consisting of Utilitarianism and Kantianism, is applied to three key cases arguing a right to assisted suicide under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights; Pretty v. READ MORE
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5. Physician Assisted Suicide - Ethically Defendable or Not? : A Qualitative Ethical Analysis
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperAbstract : Introduction: Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is the process where the patient terminateshis/her life with the aid of a physician who provides a prescription for lethal medication thatthe patient self-administers in order to commit suicide. PAS is practiced in several countriesand is now gaining support in Sweden. READ MORE
