Euthanasia and assisted suicide in psychiatric patients: a systematic review of the literature

R Calati, E Olié, D Dassa, C Gramaglia… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The number of psychiatric patients requesting Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide (EAS)
continues to increase. The aims of this systematic review were to: 1) describe the available …

Euthanasia for people with psychiatric disorders or dementia in Belgium: analysis of officially reported cases

S Dierickx, L Deliens, J Cohen, K Chambaere - BMC psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background Euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill, such as those suffering from
psychiatric disorders or dementia, is legal in Belgium under strict conditions but remains a …

Navigating medical assistance in dying from Bill C-14 to Bill C-7: a qualitative study

B Pesut, S Thorne, DK Wright, C Schiller… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Even as healthcare providers and systems were settling into the processes
required for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) under Bill C-14, new legislation was …

“It is still intense and not unambiguous.” Nurses' experiences in the euthanasia care process 15 years after legalisation

M Bellens, E Debien, F Claessens… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To explore how Flemish nurses working in hospitals and home care
experience their involvement in the care of patients requesting euthanasia 15 years after the …

Irremediable Psychiatric Suffering in the Context of Physician-assisted Death: A Scoping Review of Arguments: La souffrance psychiatrique irrémédiable dans le …

SMP van Veen, AM Ruissen… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectifs: Le suicide assisté par un médecin (SAM), qui porte plus souvent le nom d'aide
médicale à mourir (AMAM), en ce qui concerne les patients souffrant d'un trouble …

Factors associated with requesting and receiving euthanasia: a nationwide mortality follow-back study with a focus on patients with psychiatric disorders, dementia, or …

K Evenblij, HRW Pasman, A Van Der Heide… - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Recently, euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) in patients with psychiatric
disorders, dementia, or an accumulation of health problems has taken a prominent place in …

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: emerging issues from a global perspective

CL Sprung, MA Somerville, L Radbruch… - … of palliative care, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Medical professional societies have traditionally opposed physician-assisted suicide and
euthanasia (PAS-E), but this opposition may be shifting. We present 5 reasons why …

Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort

N Steck, C Junker, M Zwahlen - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether the strong increase in assisted suicides in Switzerland
since 2008 is linked to a shift in the socioeconomic factors associated with assisted suicide …

[BOOK][B] Dying and death in Canada

HC Northcott, DM Wilson - 2021 - books.google.com
Dying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying,
death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective. The fourth edition covers current …

Nursing student attitudes toward euthanasia: a cross-sectional study

K Hosseinzadeh, H Rafiei - Nursing ethics, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Euthanasia is among the most common and controversial end-of-life care
issues. Examining the attitudes of nursing students to this issue is important because they …