EJ Emanuel - Archives of internal medicine, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Debates about the ethics of euthanasia date from ancient Greece and Rome. In 1870, SD Williams, a nonphysician, proposed that anesthetics be used to intentionally end the lives of …
HM Chochinov, KG Wilson, M Enns… - The American journal …, 1995 - psycnet.apa.org
Investigated the prevalence of the desire for death in 200 terminally ill adults (aged 31–94 yrs). Ss were evaluated for major and minor depression according to Research Diagnostic …
Background Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are pressing public issues. We aimed to collect empirical data on these controversial interventions, particularly on the …
JA Billings, SD Block - Journal of palliative care, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
We have-interviewed a convenience sample of oncologists and AIDS specialists about their views on voluntary active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, and we find that partial …
AL Back, JI Wallace, HE Starks, RA Pearlman - Jama, 1996 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives.—To estimate how often physicians receive requests for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia and to describe a case series of patient requests for physician …
DA Asch - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Euthanasia and assisted suicide have received considerable attention recently in medical literature, public discussion, and proposed state legislation. Almost all the …
We surveyed a national sample of 879 physicians practicing in adult intensive care units in the United States, in order to determine their practices with regard to limiting life-sustaining …
JS Cohen, SD Fihn, EJ Boyko… - New England Journal …, 1994 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite considerable public interest in legalizing physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, little is known about physicians' attitudes toward these practices. Methods …
JH Groenewoud, A Van der Heide… - … England Journal of …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Background and Methods The characteristics and frequency of clinical problems with the performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are uncertain. We analyzed data …