Physician-assisted suicide in psychiatry and loss of hope

Autor: Ineke Widdershoven-Heerding, Guy Widdershoven, Ron Berghmans

Publikováno v: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 36(5-6), 436-443. Elsevier Limited
Berghmans, R, Widdershoven, G & Widdershoven-Heerding, I 2013, ' Physician-assisted suicide in psychiatry and loss of hope ', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 5-6, pp. 436-443 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.06.020

In the Netherlands, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are considered acceptable medical practices in specific circumstances. The majority of cases of euthanasia and PAS involve patients suffering from cancer. However, in 1994 the Dutch

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.06.020

Medicine as a form of practical understanding

Autor: Ineke Widdershoven-Heerding

Publikováno v: Theoretical medicine. 8(2)

This paper is an attempt to reframe the debate of whether medicine is an art or a science in the Aristotelian sense. The recent book of Pellegrino and Thomasma, A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice, serves as the starting point. Taking clinical

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3660281