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Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Review Of The Literature Concerning Practical And Clinical Implications For Uk Doctors., M Hicks
Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks
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Access To Death Certificates: What Should Research Ethics Committees Require For Approval?, Tore Nilstun, Colleen Cartwright, Rurik Lofmark, L Deliens, Susanne Fischer, Guido Miccinesi, Michael Norup, Agnes Van Der Heide
Access To Death Certificates: What Should Research Ethics Committees Require For Approval?, Tore Nilstun, Colleen Cartwright, Rurik Lofmark, L Deliens, Susanne Fischer, Guido Miccinesi, Michael Norup, Agnes Van Der Heide
Professor Colleen M Cartwright
Purpose: To present and discuss the reactions of research ethics committees (RECs) in a number of countries when asked for approval of a study requiring access to death certificates to identify the physicians signing the certificates and to send them a four-page questionnaire about medical decisions made at the patient's end-of-life that could possibly have hastened death. Methods: A simple questionnaire were sent to the responsible national investigator in an international study (Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland) asking about the interactions between the national research group and the national/regional REC(s). Results: Different laws or guidelines were used …