TY  - JOUR
AU  - Banović, Božidar
AU  - Turanjanin, Veljko
AU  - Corović, Emir
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://rhinosec.fb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/397
AB  - Background: Physician-assisted suicide is one of the features with very different legal solutions in the world. In Serbia, physician-assisted suicide is a crime, within a crime of the assisted suicide. The possibility of the legislation of the voluntary active euthanasia may open the door to the decriminalization of the physician-assisted suicide. Methods: Data were obtained from the Clinical Hospital Center in Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia collected during 2015. The research included 88 physicians: 57 male physicians (representing 64.77% of the sample) and 31 female physicians (35.23% of the sample). Due to the nature, subject, and hypothesis of the research, the authors used descriptive method and the method of the theoretical content analysis. Results: We have raised numerous questions. A slight majority of the physicians (58%) believes that physician-assisted suicide should be legalized, while 42% is for another solution. 90.9% took a viewpoint that it is completely unacceptable legalization of the physician-assisted suicide for all age groups, while the remaining 9.1% is to such legislative move. From the other side, 40.7% of respondents would prescribe a lethal dose of the medicament to the patient, who is in the terminal stage of the incurable disease, but, 59.3% would not do it. Interesting is that 13.8% of the physician had a patient who asked for the information how to commit suicide, and 12.5% gave them such information. Conclusion: Physicians in Serbia are divided on this issue. The majority of them are for the legalization of medical assistance to suicide, but there is a strong division among them on various issues.
PB  - Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, Tehran
T2  - Iranian Journal of Public Health
T1  - Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
SP  - 538
EP  - 545
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Banović, Božidar and Turanjanin, Veljko and Corović, Emir",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Background: Physician-assisted suicide is one of the features with very different legal solutions in the world. In Serbia, physician-assisted suicide is a crime, within a crime of the assisted suicide. The possibility of the legislation of the voluntary active euthanasia may open the door to the decriminalization of the physician-assisted suicide. Methods: Data were obtained from the Clinical Hospital Center in Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia collected during 2015. The research included 88 physicians: 57 male physicians (representing 64.77% of the sample) and 31 female physicians (35.23% of the sample). Due to the nature, subject, and hypothesis of the research, the authors used descriptive method and the method of the theoretical content analysis. Results: We have raised numerous questions. A slight majority of the physicians (58%) believes that physician-assisted suicide should be legalized, while 42% is for another solution. 90.9% took a viewpoint that it is completely unacceptable legalization of the physician-assisted suicide for all age groups, while the remaining 9.1% is to such legislative move. From the other side, 40.7% of respondents would prescribe a lethal dose of the medicament to the patient, who is in the terminal stage of the incurable disease, but, 59.3% would not do it. Interesting is that 13.8% of the physician had a patient who asked for the information how to commit suicide, and 12.5% gave them such information. Conclusion: Physicians in Serbia are divided on this issue. The majority of them are for the legalization of medical assistance to suicide, but there is a strong division among them on various issues.",
publisher = "Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, Tehran",
journal = "Iranian Journal of Public Health",
title = "Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia",
volume = "47",
number = "4",
pages = "538-545"
}

Banović, B., Turanjanin, V.,& Corović, E.. (2018). Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia. in Iranian Journal of Public Health
Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, Tehran., 47(4), 538-545.

Banović B, Turanjanin V, Corović E. Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia. in Iranian Journal of Public Health. 2018;47(4):538-545..

Banović, Božidar, Turanjanin, Veljko, Corović, Emir, "Physician-assisted Suicide in Serbia" in Iranian Journal of Public Health, 47, no. 4 (2018):538-545.

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Banović, Božidar
AU  - Turanjanin, Veljko
AU  - Miloradović, Anđela
PY  - 2017
UR  - https://rhinosec.fb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/369
AB  - Background: In the majority of countries, active direct euthanasia is a forbidden way of the deprivation of the patients' life, while its passive form is commonly accepted. This distinction between active and passive euthanasia has no justification, viewed through the prism of morality and ethics. Therefore, we focused on attention on the moral and ethical implications of the aforementioned medical procedures. Methods: Data were obtained from the Clinical Hospital Center in Kragujevac, collected during the first half of the 2015. The research included 88 physicians: 57 male physicians (representing 77% of the sample) and 31 female physicians (23% of the sample). Due to the nature, subject and hypothesis of the research, the authors used descriptive method and the method of the theoretical content analysis. Results: A slight majority of the physicians (56, 8%) believe that active euthanasia is ethically unacceptable, while 43, 2% is for another solution (35, 2% took a viewpoint that it is completely ethically acceptable, while the remaining 8% considered it ethically acceptable in certain cases). From the other side, 56, 8% of respondents answered negatively on the ethical acceptability of the physician-assisted suicide, while 33% of them opted for a completely ethic viewpoint of this procedure. Out of the remaining 10, 2% opted for the ethical acceptability in certain cases. Conclusion: Physicians in Serbia are divided on this issue, but a group that considers active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide as ethically unacceptable is a bit more numerous.
PB  - Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, Tehran
T2  - Iranian Journal of Public Health
T1  - An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SP  - 173
EP  - 179
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Banović, Božidar and Turanjanin, Veljko and Miloradović, Anđela",
year = "2017",
abstract = "Background: In the majority of countries, active direct euthanasia is a forbidden way of the deprivation of the patients' life, while its passive form is commonly accepted. This distinction between active and passive euthanasia has no justification, viewed through the prism of morality and ethics. Therefore, we focused on attention on the moral and ethical implications of the aforementioned medical procedures. Methods: Data were obtained from the Clinical Hospital Center in Kragujevac, collected during the first half of the 2015. The research included 88 physicians: 57 male physicians (representing 77% of the sample) and 31 female physicians (23% of the sample). Due to the nature, subject and hypothesis of the research, the authors used descriptive method and the method of the theoretical content analysis. Results: A slight majority of the physicians (56, 8%) believe that active euthanasia is ethically unacceptable, while 43, 2% is for another solution (35, 2% took a viewpoint that it is completely ethically acceptable, while the remaining 8% considered it ethically acceptable in certain cases). From the other side, 56, 8% of respondents answered negatively on the ethical acceptability of the physician-assisted suicide, while 33% of them opted for a completely ethic viewpoint of this procedure. Out of the remaining 10, 2% opted for the ethical acceptability in certain cases. Conclusion: Physicians in Serbia are divided on this issue, but a group that considers active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide as ethically unacceptable is a bit more numerous.",
publisher = "Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, Tehran",
journal = "Iranian Journal of Public Health",
title = "An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide",
volume = "46",
number = "2",
pages = "173-179"
}

Banović, B., Turanjanin, V.,& Miloradović, A.. (2017). An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide. in Iranian Journal of Public Health
Iranian Scientific Society Medical Entomology, Tehran., 46(2), 173-179.

Banović B, Turanjanin V, Miloradović A. An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide. in Iranian Journal of Public Health. 2017;46(2):173-179..

Banović, Božidar, Turanjanin, Veljko, Miloradović, Anđela, "An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide" in Iranian Journal of Public Health, 46, no. 2 (2017):173-179.