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Euthanasia

Known as: Mercy Killing, Killing, Mercy, Mercy Killings 
The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease… 
National Institutes of Health

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Advance DirectivesAttitude to DeathTherapeutic procedurelegislation & jurisprudence

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Involuntary Euthanasia

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Review
2006
Review
2006
Chinese Concepts of Euthanasia and Health Care
This article argues that taking concepts of euthanasia out of their political and economic contexts leads to violations of the… 
2006
2006
Tissue anchors for transmural gut-wall apposition.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Effect of vessel diameter on the creation of ovine lung radiofrequency lesions in vivo: preliminary results.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Aversion to gaseous euthanasia agents in rats and mice.
Despite euthanasia being the most common of all procedures carried out on laboratory animals, the potential distress associated… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Bioethics: Past, Present, and an Open Future
The history in which bioethics developed is well reviewed in a recent book written by Al Jonsen. This superb little volume gives… 
2000
2000
The paediatrician and the rabbi
Objectives—During recent decades, rabbis in Israel have been playing an increasing role in the consultation of patients or their… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Volume effects in the irradiated canine spinal cord: do they exist when the probability of injury is low?
Review
1994
Review
1994
Willingness to perform euthanasia. A survey of physician attitudes.
BACKGROUND In the United States, few studies have examined important variables in physician attitudes toward the practice of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Regulating Death: Euthanasia and the Case of the Netherlands
Gomez examines the way in which euthanasia is administered in the Netherlands - the only state to tolerate it. He shows how the… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Doctors' practices and attitudes regarding voluntary euthanasia
We report the results of a survey of the attitudes and practices of doctors in Victoria with respect to requests for active help… 
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