Physicians, Assisted Suicide, and Christian Virtues

The Christian and Assisted Procreation

Jon A. Shields, The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right

This is not a conformist book. Its thesis is bold: that political theorists and mainstream commentators have been looking for democracy in all the wrong places. The New Left's call for a reinvigorated, participatory democracy aligned " around contentious moral questions that animate citizens rather than bureaucratic, technical, or economic issues that tend to bewilder and subdue them " has been...

prevention of physicians’ suicide

suicide rate in physicians has been reported to be higher than general population or other academics. previous studies found that 85-90% of people who commit suicide had been suffering from some type of psychiatric disorder. suicide prevention is the key element in lowering the numbers of physicians who destroy themselves and end their lives each year. it is needed to provide some educational p...

Prevention of Physicians’ Suicide

Suicide rate in physicians has been reported to be higher than general population or other academics. Previous studies found that 85-90% of people who commit suicide had been suffering from some type of psychiatric disorder. Suicide prevention is the key element in lowering the numbers of physicians who destroy themselves and end their lives each year. It is needed to provide some educational p...

Complexities in euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide as perceived by Dutch physicians and patients' relatives.

CONTEXT The practice of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) is always complex, but some cases are more complex than others. The nature of these unusually complex cases is not known. OBJECTIVES To identify and categorize the characteristics of EAS requests that are more complex than others. METHODS We held in-depth interviews with 28 Dutch physicians about their perception of com...