This volume, published as a special issue from "OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying" presents a number of theoretical and empirical articles on the topic of euthanasia, doctor-assisted suicide and suicide. We have examined the first extended data available in America with regard to the 93 physician-assisted deaths of Drs. Kevorkian and Reding. We examine the roles of biological verses psychological factors in the patient's decision to actively hasten their death. The role of gender, age, social economic status, ethnic-national-religious ancestry and marital-status have been examined in depth through quasi-psychological autopsies when available, often with very troubling implications. In addition, we present some preliminary work on seven cases of physician-assisted suicides in Australia.
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Who Decides? The Connecting Thread of Euthanasia, Eugenics, and Doctor-Assisted Suicide |
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Hippocrates, Maimonides, and the Doctor's Responsibility |
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Gender, Pain, and Doctor Involvement: High School Student Attitudes toward Doctor-Assisted Suicide |
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Effect of the Doctor on College Students' Attitudes toward Physician-Assisted Suicide |
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Doctor Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of Public Opinion of Michigan Adults |
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Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: The Pharmacist's Perspective |
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Potential Psychodynamic Factors in Physician-Assisted Suicide |
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Psychosocial versus Biomedical Risk Factors in Kevorkian's First Forty-Seven Physician-Assisted Deaths |
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Gender and Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Analysis of the Kevorkian Cases, 1990--1997 |
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An Update on the Kevorkian-Reding 93 Physician-Assisted Deaths in Michigan: Is Kevorkian a Savior, Serial-Killer or Suicidal Martyr? |
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209 | (22) |
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Dispensing Death, Desiring Death: An Exploration of Medical Roles and Patient Motivation during the Period of Legalized Euthanasia in Australia |
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"Dispensing Death, Desiring Death" by Annette Street and David Kissane: A Commentary |
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Of Euphemisms and Euthanasia: The Language Games of the Nazi Doctors and Some Implications for the Modern Euthanasia Movement |
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Kevorkian, Martha Wichorek and Us: A Personal Account |
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267 | (4) |
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Michigan versus Kevorkian |
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271 | (4) |
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Physician, Hate Thyself: Comments on the Kevorkian Tapes |
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275 | (4) |
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Looking Death in the Eye: Another Challenge from Doctor Kevorkian |
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Kalman J. Kaplan , Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Program in Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Judaism at Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist in Illinois and Michigan.
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