Invited commentary on … when unbearable suffering incites psychiatric patients to request euthanasia
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Summary Euthanasia is available in Belgium and Luxembourg for untreatable and unbearable suffering resulting from ‘physical and/or psychological suffering that cannot be alleviated and results from a serious and incurable disease, caused by accident or illness'. Verhofstadt et al's valuable analysis of testimonials from psychiatric patients requesting euthanasia demonstrates that elements of this suffering might well be alleviated. We should not kill our patients.
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Some guidelines (III, V) refer to persisting intense debates in the literature regarding whether, and if so when, a psychiatric condition can be considered incurable as these types of conditions frequently change over time.
“Some guidelines (III, V) refer to persisting intense debates in the literature regarding the question as to whether, and if so when, a psychiatric condition can be considered incurable as these types of conditions frequently change over time (Broome & de Cates, 2015;Claes et al., 2015;Kelly, 2017;Schuklenk & van de Vathorst, 2015;Trachsel, Irwin, Biller-Andorno, Hoff, & Riese, 2016;Vandenberghe, 2”
From Psychiatric patients requesting euthanasia: Guidelines for sound clinical and ethical decision making (2019) · cites this paper as Kelly, 2017
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- [4]4. General Medical Council. Treatment and Care Towards the End of Life: Good Practice in Decision Making. General Medical Council, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.117.199695 Published online by Cambridge University Press </file>
- Authors
- Kelly, B. D.
- Affiliations
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Kelly, Brendan D.
- ORCID
- Kelly, Brendan D.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 211
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 248-249
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2763309764
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 1.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- 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
- euthanasia, psychiatric patients, unbearable suffering, psychological suffering, end-of-life decisions, patient testimony, right to die
- MeSH terms
- Belgium, Euthanasia, Humans, Stress, Psychological, Qualitative Research
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