Physician-Assisted Death for Patients With Mental Disorders—Reasons for Concern
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Even in somatic medicine, the assessment of suffering and irremediability involves significant degrees of uncertainty and value judgment, highlighting that these challenges are not unique to psychiatric conditions but inherent to end-of-life decision-making more broadly.
“even in somatic medicine the assessment of suffering and irremediability involves significant degrees of uncertainty and value judgment, highlighting that these challenges are not unique to psychiatric conditions but inherent to end-of-life decision-making more broadly”
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- Authors
- Appelbaum, P. S.
- Affiliations
- New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Appelbaum, Paul S.
- ORCID
- Appelbaum, Paul S.
- Venue
- JAMA Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2016-04-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 325
- ISSN
- 2168-622X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2265980678
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Keywords
- physician-assisted death, mental illness, psychiatric patients, end-of-life decisions
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Euthanasia, Female, Humans, Male, Referral and Consultation, Suicide, Attempted, Mental Competency, Suicide, Assisted, Medical Futility, Standard of Care
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