Segmentation of physician-assisted suicide as a niche tourism market: An Initial Exploration

2021 ◽  
pp. 109634802110116
Author(s):  
Jun Wen ◽  
Edmund Goh ◽  
Chung-En Yu
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Specific Target ◽  
Initial Exploration

Suicide travel, in which potential suicide candidates visit certain destinations to perform physician-assisted suicide (PAS), is an emerging topic in tourism. Despite noted discrepancies between suicide travel and traditional definitions of tourism, PAS practices in tourism have gained the attention of scholars and practitioners. This type of travel is inherently complex, and its segmentation remains ambiguous. This study examines a sample of PAS-related videos and viewer comments to identify relevant travel segments. Based on two rounds of thematic content analysis, the resultant segmentation offers a preliminary perspective on this emerging market. Theoretically, this study is among the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the roles of PAS practices in tourism in terms of specific target groups. Practically, the findings offer novel insight for industry practitioners and policy makers.

Writing the Rules of Death: State Regulation of Physician-Assisted Suicide

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-216
Author(s):  
Jack Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Lethal Dose ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Equal Protection ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Constitutional Review ◽  
Death State

If the Supreme Court affirms either Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington or Quill v. Vacco, state legislatures will be presented with a new and unwelcome task: regulating physician-assisted suicide (PAS). This article focuses on the states task of specific policy making in light of the due process reasoning in Compassion in Dying and the equal protection reasoning in Quill. Policy makers must try to predict whether a particular regulation would in practice achieve its intended objective. They must also try to predict whether the regulation would survive constitutional review if challenged. Finally, they must consider the extent to which they could, or should, maintain two different regulatory regimes: a more permissive one for decisions to forgo life-sustaining medical treatments, and a more restrictive one for decisions to obtain a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. This last issue will be especially challenging if the equal protection analysis in Quill prevails.

Ancestors, Computers, and Other Mixed Messages: Ambiguity and Euthanasia in Japan

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSAN ORPETT LONG
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Mixed Messages

Ethical questions about end-of-life treatment present themselves at two levels. In clinical situations, patients, families, and healthcare workers sift through ambivalent feelings and conflicting values as they try to resolve questions in particular circumstances. In a very different way, at the societal level, policy makers, lawyers, and bioethicists attempt to determine the best policies and laws to regulate practices about which there are a variety of deeply held beliefs. In the United States we have tried a number of ways to resolve the societal-level issues. We have ignored them, argued to try to convince others of our beliefs, voted to let the majority determine what is right or wrong, and turned to the courts to decide, as in the cases of Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, and Jack Kervorkian. Yet none of these approaches has yet left us with comfortable, unambiguous cultural norms about issues such as euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, which are readily assumed by “ordinary people” as they face individual and interpersonal dilemmas.

scholarly journals Early-Fatherhood in White City, Jabavu, Soweto: A Time-Bound, Contextual Construct

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Naledi Selebano ◽  
Grace Khunou
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
Community Values ◽  
Young Fathers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Context Specific

While young mothers have enjoyed the interests of researchers and policy makers, young fathers’ experiences have only been examined recently. Through a thematic content analysis of interviews with six black young fathers from White City, Jabavu in Soweto, this article argues that early fatherhood should be understood through an examination of how it is lived in the social, political, cultural and economic contexts of particular communities. The data from this study indicate that there are strong ties between the young men’s experiences and the overall community values, history and culture where they experience fatherhood. The article concludes that for appropriate policies and strategies to be implemented where young fathers are concerned, more context specific research should be conducted.

Do guidelines on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Dutch hospitals and nursing homes reflect the law? A content analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
B A M Hesselink ◽  
B D Onwuteaka-Philipsen ◽  
A J G M Janssen ◽  
H M Buiting ◽  
M Kollau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
The Law

scholarly journals Recovery on the Pitch: Street Football as a Means of Social Inclusion

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Esther Ogundipe ◽  
Marit Borg ◽  
Tommy Thompson ◽  
Tor Knutsen ◽  
Cathrine Johansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Football Team ◽  
Group Interviews

AbstractThe study contributes to the existing literature on the value of street football teams in recovery, by exploring how persons with mental health and/or substance abuse problems experience participation in street football teams. In total, 51 persons experiencing mental health and/or substance abuse challenges who played in street football teams, in Norway, participated in focus group interviews. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis, and resulted in three major themes: (1) The spirit of the football team, (2) More than just a pitch, and (3) The country’s best follow-up system. Overall, our findings highlighted the importance of community and communal efforts through acts of citizenship, in facilitating and promoting social inclusion for persons in challenging life situations. Street football is one measure than can be helpful in this context. Communities, policy makers and funders need to acknowledge and gain more insight and understanding of the value that street football teams represent. There is also a need for further studies exploring what contributes to community in our highly individualistic society.

Euthanasia and Related Practices Worldwide

Crisis ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Kelleher † ◽  
Derek Chambers ◽  
Paul Corcoran ◽  
Helen S Keeley ◽  
Eileen Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
International Association ◽  
Active Euthanasia ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Passive Euthanasia ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
International Importance ◽  
Controversial Area ◽  
Active And Passive Euthanasia

The present paper examines the occurrence of matters relating to the ending of life, including active euthanasia, which is, technically speaking, illegal worldwide. Interest in this most controversial area is drawn from many varied sources, from legal and medical practitioners to religious and moral ethicists. In some countries, public interest has been mobilized into organizations that attempt to influence legislation relating to euthanasia. Despite the obvious international importance of euthanasia, very little is known about the extent of its practice, whether passive or active, voluntary or involuntary. This examination is based on questionnaires completed by 49 national representatives of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), dealing with legal and religious aspects of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, as well as suicide. A dichotomy between the law and medical practices relating to the end of life was uncovered by the results of the survey. In 12 of the 49 countries active euthanasia is said to occur while a general acceptance of passive euthanasia was reported to be widespread. Clearly, definition is crucial in making the distinction between active and passive euthanasia; otherwise, the entire concept may become distorted, and legal acceptance may become more widespread with the effect of broadening the category of individuals to whom euthanasia becomes an available option. The “slippery slope” argument is briefly considered.

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