Suicide, Assisted - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Exploring the nursing implications of physician-assisted suicide in the UK.

30 Jul 2009 The issue of physician-assisted suicide causes strong feeling on both sides of the debate. It is unlikely to be legalised in the UK in the near future, but debates around assisted death--whether with or without physician involvement--occur ... Read more...

Assisted suicide: increased support for a change in the law.

30 Jul 2009 Calls for a change in the law to allow strictly controlled forms of assisted dying in the UK continue following a recent attempt to change the law and an announcement by the Royal College of Nursing that it was shifting its position on the issue ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Suicide, Assisted - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• When a patient chooses death: divided attitudes. 29 Sep 2009
• Guidelines spell out when someone assisting a suicide risks prosecution. 22 Sep 2009
• Assisted dying debate. A baroness replies. 12 Sep 2009
• Assisted dying debate. Doctors' attitudes surveyed. 12 Sep 2009
• Assisted dying debate. Doctors, steer entirely clear. 12 Sep 2009
• Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium. 8 Sep 2009
• Mont. hears suicide case. Treasure State could be third to allow doc assistance. 5 Sep 2009
• Assisted suicide and the law. 30 Aug 2009
• Assisted suicide: doctors, steer clear. 23 Aug 2009
• The law as it stands on assisted suicide could not be clearer. 3 Aug 2009
• Assisted suicide. Time for safety and consistency. 2 Aug 2009
• Assisted suicide. The issue is patient safety. 2 Aug 2009
• Assisted suicide. Clinicians need clarification. 2 Aug 2009
• Dying together. Aug 2009
• Exploring the nursing implications of physician-assisted suicide in the UK. 30 Jul 2009
• The RCn's neutral stance 'hugely significant' in assisted suicide debate. 30 Jul 2009
• The saddest debate of all. 30 Jul 2009
• The debate on assisted suicide has begun. 30 Jul 2009
• Assisted suicide: increased support for a change in the law. 30 Jul 2009
• Flawed assumptions surround concept of physician-assisted death. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Suicide, Assisted'

Definition: Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).

Descriptor UI: D017236

Alternative terms: Suicide, Assisted; Assisted Suicides; Suicides, Assisted; Death, Assisted; Assisted Death; Assisted Deaths; Deaths, Assisted; Assisted Suicide; Physician-Assisted Suicide; Physician Assisted Suicide; Physician-Assisted Suicides; Suicide, Physician-Assisted; Suicides, Physician-Assisted; Medically Assisted Suicide; Suicides, Medically Assisted; Suicide, Medically Assisted; Medically Assisted Suicides;

Related Mesh Headings: Euthanasia; Euthanasia, Active; Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.760.905.850; F01.145.126.980.875.300; I01.880.735.856.300; N02.421.585.905.850;

History Note: 93