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Mercy Killing

Mercy Killing is a form of homicide distinguished by the intentional termination of a person's life, typically by a physician or caregiver, to end intractable suffering from an incurable condition, motivated by compassion rather than malice.

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2017–2026

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Euthanasia

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Publications

53

Choosing the Avenger: Some Aspects of the Bloodfeud in Medieval Iceland and England

William Ian Miller · Law and History Review · 1983 · 131 citations

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Morals and Moralism in the Debate over Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

C K Cassel, Diane E. Meier · New England Journal of Medicine · 1990 · 107 citations

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Merciful Release: The History of the British Euthanasia Movement

Gerry R. Cox, N. D. A. Kemp · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2003 · 102 citations

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[THE SO-CALLED COITION DEATH].

Michio Ueno · PubMed · 1963 · 98 citations

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The Legal Consensus About Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment: Its Status and Its Prospects

Alan Meisel · Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal · 1992 · 92 citations

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Authors

92

  1. WR
    W. R. Kastelein

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  2. FG
    Franklin G. Miller

    National Institutes of Health, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  3. JK
    Jan Kott

    University of Warsaw, Poland

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. RF
    Richard Fenigsen

    Willem-Alexander Kinderziekenhuis, Netherlands

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  5. CP
    C. P. Sporken

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    92 citations

  2. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  3. Center For Children With Special Needs

    Glastonbury, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. St. Cloud State University

    Saint Cloud, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  5. Robert Gordon University

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  7. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. Australian Institute of Criminology

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 3 publications · 143 citations

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  2. JAMA

    3 publications · 59 citations

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  3. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  4. Law and History Review

    2 publications · 144 citations

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  5. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 2 publications · 140 citations

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