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- The Dutch Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act : The Dutch Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act is the legislation that went into effect in November 2001 in the Netherlands to provide a special exemption from criminal liability for physicians who terminate life on request or assist in a patient's suicide in accordance with the due care and notification criteria set forth in the law

The Hardy Personality refers to individuals who are especially resistant to illness in spite of increased stress.

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The Harvard criteria refer to tests developed by a committee at the Harvard Medical School to determine the existence of irreversible coma

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The Holocaust refers to the the attempt by the Nazis during the late 1930s and early 1940s to completely destroy or annihilate the Jewish people

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The living-dying interval refers to the period between the onset of dying and the arrival of death; described by Pattison as including an (1) acute crisis phase; (2) chronicliving-dying phase; and (3)"terminal phase

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The nuclear era refers to the period from July 1945 to the present during which the splitting of the atom unleashed a new form of power that can be used for weapons or as a source of energy

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Deutsch: Der periphere Weg / Español: La ruta periférica / Português: A rota periférica / Français: La voie périphérique / Italian: La via periferica

The peripheral route is a concept in psychology, particularly within the framework of the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion. This model, developed by Richard E. Petty and John Cacioppo in the 1980s, explains how people are persuaded to change their attitudes or behaviours. The peripheral route refers to the process of persuasion that occurs when an individual is influenced by superficial cues or peripheral factors rather than the content or quality of the arguments themselves.

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The Question means asking "what would be different if you were well?” It was a means Adler used to determine if a person’s problem was physiological or psychological.

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