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1. scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu › cgi › viewEuthanasia: None Dare Call It Murder - Northwestern University

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   "mercy kiling." Waskin's mother was suffering from terminal leukemia. The doctors in the Chicago hospital where she was killed said that she had, at the most, a very few days to live. She wanted to die and had begged her son to kill her. Only three days before, she had tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.

   • Author: Joseph Sanders

   • Publish Year: 1969

2. www.nytimes.com › 2009/08/30 › magazineStrained by Katrina, a Hospital Faced Deadly Choices - The ...

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   Aug 25, 2009 · comfort care or mercy killing? Soon after sunrise on Thursday, Sept. 1 — more than 72 hours into the crisis — Memorial’s chief financial officer, Curtis Dosch, delivered good news to ...

3. www.chicagotribune.com › 1989/04/27 › public-medicalPUBLIC, MEDICAL OPINION SPLIT IN CASES INVOLVING MERCY KILLING

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   Aug 8, 2021 · In 1985, a Florida jury returned a verdict of guilty in the nation`s most widely publicized mercy killing case-that of Roswell Gilbert, 75, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., who said he fatally shot his...

4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesRegulating Death: A Brief History of Medical Assistance in Dying

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   Nov 24, 2021 · In 1915, Dr. Harry Haiselden (Chicago, IL) recommended that the parents of a newborn with severe physical abnormalities not consent to a potentially life-saving surgery – presenting arguments tied to the eugenics movement – and, with the agreement of the parents, the baby died without treatment.

5. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullMotivated by Compassion: Reviewing the Proposed Public ...

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   Aug 15, 2023 · The mercy killing of a terminally ill husband by his wife is a more appropriate expression of compassion, based on her special knowledge of his circumstances and the strong bond of love between them, making her motives more profound than those of strangers.

6. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10Older Women and Mercy Killing - Silvia Sara Canetto, Janet D ...

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   In this study, we examined U.S. cases of mercy killing recorded by The Hemlock Society for the period 1960–1993. We found that the typical case involved an older woman being killed by a man, often her husband, with her poor health as the justification for the killing.

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   What is a mercy killing?

   • As noted, compassion relates to seeing someone in intense suffering. Thus, mercy killings entail a proactive reaction to alleviate others’ suffering, motivated by an altruistic desire to help them in their time of need. However, the CPS's guidelines do not reference the victim's suffering or medical condition.

   Motivated by Compassion: Reviewing the Proposed Public Interest

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   What if a victim wanted to die after a mercy killing?

   • They could also guarantee that the mercy killing was not abusive and that the victim wanted to die. It is evident that the CPS's policy focuses on assessing the victim's request. However, the guidelines seem open to mercy killings committed at the victim's request and without.

   Motivated by Compassion: Reviewing the Proposed Public Interest

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   Should mercy killing be included in criminal law guidelines?

   • Nonetheless, it should be retained in the guidelines as it is a way to shield individuals contemplating asking for assistance to die from pressure and abuse. Many civil law jurisdictions consider motives, as compassion, in criminal liability. For example, Colombia recognises mercy killing as a separate category of homicide.

   Motivated by Compassion: Reviewing the Proposed Public Interest

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   What are the guidelines on mercy killing?

   • The guidelines on mercy killing should state as a factor against prosecution that the suspect reasonably believed the victim was under intense physical or mental suffering. Then the prosecution will consider whether the suspect's actual belief in the victim's suffering is also reasonable.

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8. www.researchgate.net › publication › 356285538(PDF) Euthanasia: A good death or an act of mercy killing: A ...

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   Nov 17, 2021 · Over the years, euthanasia has been an active topic of research in the field of bioethics, owing to its numerous ethical and legal implications. In this article, we take a brief look into the...