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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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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Intracoronary optical coherence tomography and histology of overlapping everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in a porcine coronary artery model: the potential implications for clinical…
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Deleterious effects of high-fat diet on perinatal and postweaning periods in adult rat offspring.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Gene expression profiles of the rat brain both immediately and 3 months following acute sarin exposure.
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… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
High grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia in military working dogs with and without prostate cancer
High grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) is the most likely precursor of human prostate cancer and is commonly found… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Good Care of Dying Patients: The Alternative to Physician‐Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
t the 1992 annual meeting of the American Geriatrics A Society (AGS), an unusual gathering occurred. The AGS Ethics Committee had… 
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… 
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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