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Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD June 2016
... describe this as a kind of “silver lining” to being terminally ill. Unfortunately, this can also be experienced ... in finding a sense of self, loss of hope, loss of autonomy, and loss of temporality. Cicely Saunders introduced ... of existentialism and existential psychotherapy, this article aims to demystify existentialism and provide ...
Letters / BY: John Dale, MD, May 2010
In the article “Legalization of euth­anasia violates the principles of competence, autonomy, and beneficence” [ BCMJ 52(2):92-94 ], we are ... a Canadian doctor being convicted of assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient by administering massive doses of ...
Editorials / BY: Dr Kimit Rai, MD, FRCSC July / August 2001
... CME event? Do I have an ethical duty to help a terminally ill patient commit suicide? How can I resolve ... are of practical value to the busy clinician. In the first article, “Ethics resources in health care institutions,” ... handouts, forms, and cards. In the third article, “Autonomy and the terminally ill patient,” Mr William ...