Euthanasia revisited

QUICKSELECT Revisited

We give an overview of the running time analysis of the random divide-and-conquer algorithm FIND or QUICKSELECT. The results concern moments, distribution of FIND’s running time, the limiting distribution, a stochastic bound and the key: a stochastic fixed point equation.

THE CONUNDRUM OF EUTHANASIA

Passive euthanasia.

The idea of passive euthanasia has recently been attacked in a particularly clear and explicit way by an "Ethics Task Force" established by the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) in February 2001. It claims that the expression "passive euthanasia" is a contradiction in terms and hence that there can be no such thing. This paper critically assesses the main arguments for the Task For...

Legal euthanasia in Belgium: characteristics of all reported euthanasia cases.

OBJECTIVES To study the reported medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium since implementation of the euthanasia law. RESEARCH DESIGN Analysis of the anonymous database of all euthanasia cases reported to the Federal Control and Evaluation Committee Euthanasia. SUBJECTS All euthanasia cases reported by physicians for review between implementation of the euthanasia law on September 22nd, 20...

PENDRED\'S SYNDROME REVISITED

Pendred's syndrome is defined as a triad of congenital perceptive hearing loss, goiter, and abnormal perchlorate test. Three brothers with Pendred's syndrome [P.S.] are reported. The oldest brother has hearing loss (he has been deaf and mute since childhood) and has a large goiter. A thyroid scan revealed euthyroid multinodular goiter and a perchlorate test was performed, and reported abno...