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Physician-Assisted Suicide in Dementia: Paradoxes, Pitfalls and the Need for Prudence

There has been an increasing drive towards the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in patients with dementia, particularly in patients with advanced disease and severe cognitive impairment. Advocacy for this position is often based on utilitarian philosophical principles, on appeals to...

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Autor principal: Rajkumar, Ravi Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8727695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35004941
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.815233