Intentionally ending one's own life in the presence or absence of a medical condition: A nationwide mortality follow-back study
In the Netherlands, people who wish to intentionally end their own life can request for physician assistance in dying (PAD). Having a classifiable medical condition is a prerequisite to receive PAD. Some people, either in the presence or absence of a medical condition, choose to end life without assistance from a physician. This study estimates the frequency of people who intentionally ended their own life, and describes their demographic and medical characteristics through a nationwide mortality follow-back study based on questionnaires from certifying physicians of a stratified sample of dea... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | SSM: Population Health, Vol 15, Iss , Pp 100871- (2021) |
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Elsevier
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Schlagwörter: | The Netherlands / Suicide / Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking / Self-ingesting self-collected medication / Euthanasia / Physician Assisted Dying / Public aspects of medicine / RA1-1270 / Social sciences (General) / H1-99 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29169500 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100871 |