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Assumptions and moral understanding of the wish to hasten death: a philosophical review of qualitative studies

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Published in 2018 at "Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy"

DOI: 10.1007/s11019-017-9785-y

Abstract: It is not uncommon for patients with advanced disease to express a wish to hasten death (WTHD). Qualitative studies of the WTHD have found that such a wish may have different meanings, none of which… read more here.

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Assessment of the wish to hasten death in patients with advanced disease: A systematic review of measurement instruments

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Published in 2017 at "Palliative Medicine"

DOI: 10.1177/0269216316669867

Abstract: Background: Patients with advanced conditions may present a wish to hasten death. Assessing this wish is complex due to the nature of the phenomenon and the difficulty of conceptualising it. Aim: To identify and analyse… read more here.

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Ethical Challenges for an Understanding of Suffering: Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking and the Wish to Hasten Death in Advanced Patients

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Published in 2018 at "Frontiers in Pharmacology"

DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00294

Abstract: Some persons with advanced disease but no significant cognitive impairments consciously decide to stop taking food and fluids orally, even though they remain physically able to do so. The question is to what extent voluntarily… read more here.

Keywords: eating drinking; hasten death; wish hasten; ethical challenges ... See more keywords