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When Suicide Is Not Suicide: Self-induced Morbidity and Mortality in the General Hospital

open access: yesRambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2015
Suicidal phenomena in the general hospital can take a variety of forms that can be parsed by taking into account whether or not the patient 1) intended to hasten death, and 2) included collaborators, including family and health care providers, in the ...
J. Michael Bostwick
doaj   +1 more source

End-of-life decisions in medicine : emperical studies on practice and attitudes in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The role of psychiatrists in end-of-life decision-making will be described in Chapters 2 to 4 (part II). Chapter 2 deals with the experience of Dutch psychiatrists with requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide made by patients under their
Groenewoud, J.H. (Hanny)
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Strategies for preventing gender‐based violence in healthcare services: Evidence synthesis for health policy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Violence against women remains a serious public health problem and a violation of human rights that affects women's health. Healthcare providers play a fundamental role in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls.
Odette del Risco Sánchez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euthanasia and assisted suicide in patients with personality disorders: a review of current practice and challenges

open access: yesBorderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 2020
Background Over the last two decades an increasing number of countries have legalized euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) leading to considerable debate over the inherent ethical dilemmas.
Lars Mehlum   +13 more
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Looking Within: Self‐Concept, Cognitive Flexibility, and Emotion Regulation as Intrapersonal Discriminants of Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury Cessation

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Given their modifiable nature, understanding the intrapersonal factors involved in the cessation of non‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI) is needed to inform existing therapeutic approaches and explore novel avenues for supporting individuals with NSSI.
Caitlyn Herrick   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pet Euthanasia and Human Euthanasia

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics
Photo ID 213552852 © Yuryz | Dreamstime.com Abstract A criticism of assisted death is that it’s contrary to the Hippocratic Oath. This opposition to assisted death assumes that death is harmful to the person who dies. In this paper, I argue that the
Jason Chen
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Association of Online Parent‐Child Interactions With Depressive Symptoms Among Middle‐Aged and Older Empty Nesters in China

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Depression is prevalent among empty nest older adults who do not live with their children. With rapid technological development, online interaction presents a new opportunity to improve older adults' mental health. However, the relationship of online parent‐child interaction with depressive symptoms among empty nesters remains under ...
Wing‐yin Leung, Peiyi Lu
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Palliative Care

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2014
Increasingly, there has been a push for better access to palliative care. It could be the result of the baby boomer generation reaching the end-of-life stages, recent euthanasia legalization (for children in the Netherlands, and for adults in Quebec ...
Gabriella Foe
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Clinical and demographic characteristics of adolescents, emerging adults, and young adults presenting to an emergency department following a suicide attempt

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Suicide is a significant public health concern and the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults. This study sought to better understand differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of young people who attempted suicide during three phases of this developmental period: late adolescence (14–17 years),
Nicholas M. Brdar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
In Part I, the author explains that it is the adjudication between the conflicting claims of individual liberty, personal autonomy and self-determination versus the preservation of life as a societal value that is at the core of the issue posed by ...
Bleich, J. David
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