Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 BACKGROUND: Older adults are at risk of assisted and self-initiated suicide. The links between prior attempts and assisted suicide in the elderly have not been investigated.
Nathalie Dieudonné Rahm, Sophie Pautex
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Swiss Medical Weekly, 2015 OBJECTIVE: The number of suicides assisted by right-to-die associations has increased in recent years in Switzerland. The aim of our study was to compare time trends in rates of assisted and unassisted suicide from 1991–2008.
Nicole Steck +2 more
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The impact of suicide beliefs on support for suicide prevention and physician-assisted suicide [PDF]
BMC PsychiatryBackground In 2019, Taiwan implemented two laws with contrasting implications for suicide-related policies: the Suicide Prevention Act, which mandates government-led interventions to prevent suicide, and the Patient Right to Autonomy Act, which affirms ...
Nina Ming-Hsin Hsu +4 more
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Physician Assisted Suicide [PDF]
The Linacre Quarterly, 1994 The term "physician assisted suicide" is an oxymoron. The education and training of a physician is directed to diagnosing and treating illnesses in an attempt to cure and save the life of his patient and to give comfort during periods of stress and bereavement.
Millard, Charles E.
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When is hastened death considered suicide? A systematically conducted literature review about palliative care professionals’ experiences where assisted dying is legal [PDF]
BMC Palliative Care, 2019 Background Laws allowing assisted suicide and euthanasia have been implemented in many locations around the world but some individuals suffering with terminal illness receiving palliative care services are hastening death or die by suicide without ...
Sheri Mila Gerson +3 more
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Assessment of decisional capacity. A systematic review and analysis of instruments regarding their applicability to requests for assisted suicide [PDF]
European PsychiatryBackground Decisional capacity is an important requirement for assisted suicide, which has been legalized in an increasing number of countries. While several instruments have been developed over the past few decades to assess the capacity to consent to ...
Leonie Kupsch +4 more
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Attitudes towards euthanasia and assisted suicide: a cross-sectional study among physicians in Estonia [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective This study aimed to analyse the attitudes of physicians working in Estonia towards the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide, their willingness to perform these practices and the association of these factors with a range of physician ...
Aime Keis +4 more
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“I lost so much more than my partner” – Bereaved partners’ grief experiences following suicide or physician-assisted dying in case of a mental disorder [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background There is a lack of existing research on grief following the intentional death of people suffering from a mental disorder. Our study aims to provide insight into grief experiences and social reactions of bereaved persons who lost their life ...
M. C. Snijdewind +4 more
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Reconsidering dependence on life-sustaining treatment as a criterion for assisted suicide: the Italian legal unicum in comparative perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthThe legalization of Medical Assisted Voluntary Death, including assisted suicide is spreading worldwide, alongside the recognition of the centrality of the patient’s right to self-determination even in case of therapeutic desistance. In Italy Law-no. 219/
Marco Albore +6 more
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