The management of rare diseases

JM Walshe - Clinical Medicine, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Editor–Thank you for finally bringing the Assisted Dying Bill for the Terminally Ill to the
attention of members of the College (Clin Med November/December 2004, pp 534–40). It is …

The assisted dying for the terminally ill bill, 2004

R Tallis, J Saunders - Clinical medicine, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In 1998, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Royal College of
General Practioners (RCGP) established a joint working group on euthanasia chaired by Sir …

Management of rare diseases

JM Walshe - QJM, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Sir, By some strange coincidence (I cannot believe it was editorial collusion) there are
articles on rare and ultra-rare diseases in both the British Medical Journal1, 2 and the …

The Complexities of Dying

H Brody, RC Maulitz, SR Goldsmith… - New England …, 1977 - researchexperts.utmb.edu
To the Editor: A recent Sounding Board contribution 1 has led me for the first time to question
the editorial judgment of the Journal in including a paper for publication. Dr. Leibel, in …

Assisted death and physician-assisted suicide

RA Gingrich, J Lynn, SS Lefrak… - New England …, 1993 - researchexperts.utmb.edu
Abstract To the Editor: The companion articles by Quill et al. and Brody (Nov. 5 issue) 1, 2
were well thought out and presented compelling arguments for the validity of assisted …

[PDF][PDF] Redefining physicians' role in assisted dying

JJ Prokopetz, LS Lehmann - N Engl J Med, 2012 - academia.edu
PERSPECTIVE n engl j med 367; 2 nejm. org july 12, 2012 98 ill patients, including the
possibility of palliative sedation. Inadequate pain control therefore ranks among the least …

Ethics of physician-assisted death

JM Bright - Canadian Family Physician, 2013 - cfp.ca
Dr Buchman, thank you for your reflections, which highlight the need for all family physicians
to consider the ethical implications of physician-assisted death. 1 You speak of feeling …

The physician's responsibility toward hopelessly ill patients

DS Maclean, R Anderson, MJ Coppes… - New England Journal …, 1989 - cris.bgu.ac.il
Abstract To the Editor: Wanzer and colleagues' thorough review of the physician's
responsibility toward dying patients (March 30 issue) 1 could have been even more helpful …

Ethical decision-making in professional bodies

I Gordon - Clinical Medicine, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Editor–We represent the Association for Palliative Medicine, an organisation of over 800
palliative medicine doctors working in hospices, hospitals and the community. We agree …

SEMINAR 2 PART 1: When Should Patients Be Allowed to Die?—Some Questions of Ethics

J Fletcher, CK Hofling, CR Sowle, M Levine… - Postgraduate …, 1968 - Taylor & Francis
The physician should both prolong life and relieve suffering, but sometimes these duties
conflict. Is he obliged to sustain life under all circumstances? Or should he be permitted in …