The headline-grabbing story of Sean Davison, a non-medical professor at the University of
the Western Cape who assisted his 86-year-old mother–herself a medical doctor–to kill …

Background Medicine has undergone substantial changes in the way medical dilemmas are
being dealt with. Here we explore the attitude of Israeli physicians to two debatable …

Objectives To explore factors perceived to contribute to 'a good death'and the quality of end
of life care in two countries with differing legal and cultural contexts. Design and methods …

Purpose: The purpose of this dissertation was to understand nurses' experiences of moral
distress in Canadian PICUs where advanced life-sustaining interventions are offered for …

Background: End-of-life (EOL) care involves providing quality medical attention to the dying
patient. It is fraught with some ethical challenges, often under-explored in African settings …

Ethical codes such as CASLPA's Canon of Ethics ensure that clients' rights are protected
over and above what is simply prescribed by law. However, ethical dilemmas often arise in …

Caring for people who are ill is stressful, even for trained health professionals, particularly
when patients die in their care. The NHS is caring for ever-growing numbers of patients, with …

Objective: Little is known about the current views and practices of healthcare professionals
(HCPs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regarding delivery of hospital palliative care. The …

This paper argues for the following points.(1) Despite the recent public controversy
surrounding the Terri Schiavo case, withholding and withdrawal of life support rarely …

Death sets limits on life. Death serves as a nexus of concerns about what counts as
meaningful and about what makes life not just liveable but good. Death involves not just the …