Cross-Sectional Research Into People Passing Away Through Self-Ingesting Self-Collected Lethal Medication After Receiving Demedicalized Assistance in Suicide
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This study describes the characteristics of—and the counseling received by—counselees who passed away through self-ingesting self-collected lethal medication after receiving demedicalised assistance in suicide. We analyzed registration forms filled in by counselors working with Foundation De Einder about 273 counselees who passed away from 2011 to 2015. The majority of these counselees had a serious disease and physical or psychiatric suffering. Half of them had requested physician assistance in dying. This shows that patients with a denied request for physician assistance in dying can persist in their wish to end life. This also shows that not all people with an underlying medical disease request for physician assistance in dying. Physicians and psychiatrist are often uninvolved in these self-chosen deaths while they could have a valuable role in the process concerning assessing competency, diagnosing diseases, and offering (or referring for) treatment.
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- Authors
- Hagens, M., Pasman, H. R. W., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D.
- Affiliations
- Amsterdam Public Health (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Hagens, Martijn
- Venue
- OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-06-02
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1100-1121
- ISSN
- 0030-2228 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-3764
- PMC
- PMC8848061
- OpenAlex
- W3031632477
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Stichting voor de Technische Wetenschappen (VICI 916.96.628)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- 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 › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Keywords
- physician-assisted suicide, serious illness, physician role in end-of-life care, competency assessment
- MeSH terms
- Counseling, Cross-Sectional Studies, Euthanasia, Humans, Suicide, Suicide, Assisted
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