The Role of Social Workers in the End-of-Life Debate by Jennifer Zaleski

“…The lack of relevant literature is problematic because social workers have different ethical obligations than other health care professions who work with clients who are contemplating assisted suicide. This paper will analyze the ethical dilemma that social workers face in end-of-life issues by reviewing the material available to social workers such as the NASW Code of Ethics and the relevant NASW Policy Statement. …”
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Interdisciplinary research approach based on a mixed-methods design to explore patient altruism at the end of life: a study protocol by Claudia Gamondi, Gian Domenico Borasio, Philip J Larkin, Ralf J Jox, Anca-Cristina Sterie, Mathieu Bernard

“…Subproject 2b: a qualitative study based on thematic analysis of interviews with patients actively pursuing assisted suicide and one of their relatives.Subproject 3: a conversation analysis based on audio and video-recorded interactions in two settings: (1) palliative inpatient unit and (2) advance care planning discussions.Ethics and dissemination The study project was approved by the Ethics Committees of the Canton of Vaud, Bern and Ticino (no: 2023-00088). …”
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Ethical considerations at the end-of-life care by Melahat Akdeniz, Bülent Yardımcı, Ethem Kavukcu

“…The main situations that create ethical difficulties for healthcare professionals are the decisions regarding resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, artificial nutrition and hydration, terminal sedation, withholding and withdrawing treatments, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide. Five ethical principles guide healthcare professionals in the management of these situations.…”
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Law and psychiatry—current and future perspectives by Tilman Steinert, Tilman Steinert, Tilman Steinert, Tanja Henking

“…We describe developments in the areas of patient information and informed consent, involuntary placement and involuntary treatment, use of coercive measures, forensic psychiatry, digital mental health, data privacy, physician liability, suicide, assisted suicide, euthanasia, end of life decision-making, advance directives, legal and illegal drugs, and delegation and substitution of professional activities. …”
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physician assisted dying : A French Perspective - a new revolution? by P. Courtet

“… Abstract The debates on euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) are topical in Europe. The extension of EAS for psychiatric reasons, already legalized in some countries, raises ethical and clinical issues, given the proximity between suicidal patients and patients who request or have accessed EAS. …”
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Deficiencies of regulation of euthanasia in legal acts of foreign countries by Polaks R.

“…However, the analysis of legal norms in foreign criminal codes reveals several deficiencies, ranging from – the absence of legal regulation which leads to a paradoxical situation, when ignoring the motive and aim of the offence, euthanasia is qualified according to the article of the criminal code which provides for liability for murder with no mitigating circumstances, but assisted suicide liability does not apply at all, – to including special legal norms pertaining to this problematic issue, in the structure of criminal codes, in the disposition of which there is an absence of several mandatory constituent elements of these particular criminal offences, thus unduly extending the provision of these norms in practice also in the cases not related to “easy death”. …”
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Data on knowledge and beliefs of students, physicians and other health professionals about ethical issues in Cyprus by Rafaella Christou, Niki Michael, Eirini Stylianou, Anneza I. Yiallourou, Katerina Pantavou, Georgios K. Nikolopoulos

“…The ethical issues examined included euthanasia, assisted suicide, and gender selection through in vitro fertilization. …”
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Au cœur de la mort : faire science avec les défunts by Marc-Antoine Berthod

“…In parallel, we show the methodological importance of being present at the time of a passage from life to death, in this case at the time of an assisted suicide, in order to document how this boundary between life and death is established. …”
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A Narrative Review of Suicide: Aiming at a More Encompassing Understanding by Luís Madeira, Ana Teresa Miranda

“…The phenomenological description of self-determination experienced in suicide helps to improve the understanding of the suicidal mind, which can be useful in understanding questions that relate to issues such as assisted suicide and suicide prevention. The management of post-suicide consequences, especially the stigma, a cross-cutting challenge for all these groups, benefits from the specialized support of health professionals, either through psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy or support groups.…”
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Freedom of Conscience of Healthcare Professionals and Conscientious Objection in the European Court of Human Rights by María José Valero

“…The recent social and legal debate in several European countries on abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide has caused a strong resurgence of the concerns of healthcare personnel as to the real possibility of protecting their consciences in their professional sphere. …”
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LEGAL APPLICATION OF THE OFFENCE OF MURDER AND EUTHANASIA IN NIGERIA by Sani Ibrahim Salihu, Yuhanif Yusof, Rohizan Halim

“…Kata Kunci: Euthanasia, ‘Physician assisted suicide’, ‘Slippery slope’, Bunuh, Nigeria.…”
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A lived experience response to the proposed diagnosis of terminal anorexia nervosa: learning from iatrogenic harm, ambivalence and enduring hope by Rosiel Elwyn

“…A recent article proposed criteria to define when anorexia nervosa (AN) can be diagnosed as ‘terminal’ in order to facilitate euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (EAS), otherwise known as medical assistance in dying, for individuals who wish to be relieved of suffering and accept treatment as ‘futile’. …”
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Nurses' Psychosocial Barriers to Suicide Risk Management by Sharon Valente

“…The nurses indicated some confusion and misconceptions about definitions and examples of euthanasia, assisted suicide, and double effect. Strategies for interdisciplinary clinical intervention are suggested to identify and resolve these psychosocial barriers.…”
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KONTEKS DAN KONSTRUKSI SOSIAL MENGENAI KEMATIAN ELEKTIF ( EUTHANASIA ) ∗ ) by Helly Prajitno Soetjipto

“…Euthanasia ternyata didefinisikan juga sebagai physician-assisted death (Doering, 1994), assisted-suicide (Doerflinger, 1989), atau elective death (Hooyman and Kiyak, 1990). …”
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From unimpeachable autonomy to self-imposed heteronomy: a liberal and Foucauldian perspective on advance euthanasia directives by Malte Kayßer, Peter Wedekind

“…Abstract Based on a controversial case of assisted suicide offered to and eventually enforced on a demented woman vainly resisting the procedure, this article discusses the problems that arise when the human entity is conceptualized as an individual primarily defined by his ability for rational self-expression and autonomous self-rule. …”
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A case of hypoxic encephalopathy induced by the inhalation of helium that resolved with no neurological complications: a case report and analysis of similar cases by Koichiro Ogura, Waka Takahashi, Yasumasa Morita

“…Background Nowadays, it is getting easier to search information about helium‐assisted suicide online. Therefore, healthcare professionals must understand helium‐associated medical conditions. …”
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La ética en la asistencia humanizada al paciente terminal Ethics of humanized assistance to terminal patients by Oscar Velásquez, Tiberio Alvarez Echeverri

“…The concepts of do-not resucitate, assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"></span></p>…”
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Euthanasia: Islamic perspective by Malik, Mohammad Manzoor

“…On the materials analyzed, active euthanasia includes voluntary, involuntary, non-voluntary euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide. Their impermissibility is demonstrated on the basis of the Quran and Sunnah. …”
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Islamic Considerations on the Application of Patient’s Autonomy in End-of-Life Decision by Malek, Mohammad Mustaqim, Rahman, Noor Naemah Abdul, Hasan, Mohd Shahnaz, Abdullah, Luqman

“…A specific directive is produced according to a patient’s wish that might include some ethically and religiously controversial directives such as mercy killing, physician-assisted suicide, forgoing life-supporting treatments and do-not-resuscitate. …”

Implication of government failure to include palliative care medicine in medical colleges by Salihu, Sani Ibrahim, Yusof, Yuhanis, Halim, Rohizan, Mustapha, Aliyu

“…Medical profession like all other professions cannot be effectively practiced without code of ethics.Palliative care has been identified as the best treatment for terminally ill patient and a better alternative to euthanasia and assisted suicide.In Nigeria, Cancer and kidney failure are two serious terminal illnesses that present difficult situation, however, doctors are produced on yearly basis without palliative care training and euthanasia is strictly illegal.The objective of this paper is to bring out the implication of government failure for not having Nigerian doctors trained in palliative care medicine and strongly suggest the way forward.Empirical research method is used where in depth interview was conducted with three medical doctors.Findings shows terminally ill patient suffer seriously for lack of skilled doctors on Palliative care and pain management.…”
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