Suffering is not enough: Assisted dying for people with mental illness

Persons with mental disorders who are resistant to evidence-based treatment can be referred to as patients with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Some patients with SPMI develop a strong wish for assisted dying. Switzerland has the longest history of non-medicalized assisted dying, which...

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Authors: Trachsel, Manuel (Author) ; Jox, Ralf J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 5, Pages: 519-524
RelBib Classification:NCH Medical ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B medical assistance in dying
B Futility
B Ethics
B Assisted Suicide
B Mental Illness
B decision-making capacity
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