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| Title |
Decisions that hasten death: double effect and the experiences of physicians in Australia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-15-26 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steven A Trankle |
| Abstract |
In Australian end-of-life care, practicing euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is illegal. Despite this, death hastening practices are common across medical settings. Practices can be clandestine or overt but in many instances physicians are forced to seek protection behind ambiguous medico-legal imperatives such as the Principle of Double Effect. Moreover, the way they conceptualise and experience such practices is inconsistent. To complement the available statistical data, the purpose of this study was to understand the reasoning behind how and why physicians in Australia will hasten death. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 162 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 161 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 8% |
| Researcher | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 20% |
| Unknown | 46 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 44 | 27% |
| Psychology | 19 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 10% |
| Unknown | 54 | 33% |