Physician-assisted death in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands
BACKGROUND: In 1994 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that in exceptional instances, physician-assisted suicide might be justifiable for patients with unbearable mental suffering but no physical illness. We studied physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands. METHODS: In 1996, we sent questionnaires to 673 Dutch psychiatrists - about half of all such specialists in the country - and received 552 responses from the 667 who met the study criteria (response rate, 83 percent). We estimated the annual frequencies of requests for physician-assisted suicide by psy... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1997 |
Schlagwörter: | *Euthanasia / Active / Voluntary / *Health Knowledge / Attitudes / Practice / *Mentally Ill Persons / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/psychology / Adult / Aged / Attitude of Health Personnel / Data Collection / Female / Humans / Male / Mental Disorders/complications/therapy / Middle Aged / Neoplasms/psychology / Nervous System Diseases/psychology / Netherlands/epidemiology / Psychiatry/*statistics & numerical data / Referral and Consultation / Stress / Psychological / Suicide / Assisted/*statistics & numerical data |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26833188 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/8699 |