The Wish to Die: Assisted Suicide and Mental Illness
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While I was still in school learning to be a social worker, I met a man whom I will call Patrick, who has had a profound impact on my practice and my perspectives. Patrick was in his 60s and he had...
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A history of mistreatment towards people with mental disorders generates a taboo around MAiD-MD.
“Finally, a history of mistreatment towards people with mental disorders generates a taboo around MAiD-MD [39].”
From Medical assistance in dying for people living with mental disorders: a qualitative thematic review (2023) · cites this paper as [39]
Mental suffering can be difficult to understand and tends to be less recognized than suffering arising from physical illnesses.
“Mental suffering can be difficult to understand [24, 48] and tends to be less recognized than the suffering arising from physical illnesses [15, 21, 39].”
From Medical assistance in dying for people living with mental disorders: a qualitative thematic review (2023) · cites this paper as [39]
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“The way of receiving and responding to the request for MAiD-MD can be tinged with paternalism aimed at imposing healthcare professionals’ values on patients [48] or reveal a lack of empathy or sensitivity to their situation [39], which can increase the distress of applicants.”
Background
- Authors
- Hirsch, J.
- Venue
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-07-02
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 231-235
- ISSN
- 1552-4264 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4256
- OpenAlex
- W2484750787
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 0.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- 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
- Keywords
- assisted suicide, mental illness, end-of-life care, palliative care, social work practice
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Humans, Right to Die, United States, Mental Competency, Suicide, Assisted, Personal Autonomy
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