Suicide, Assisted - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Trends and determinants of end-of-life practices in ALS in the Netherlands.

20 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: In the Netherlands, the proportion of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who choose the option of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is relatively high (20%). The objective of this study was to determine which ... Read more...

A survey of self-directed dying attended by proxies in the Dutch population.

13 Apr 2009 Physicians may hasten death by medical decisions to end life (MDEL) that have been extensively researched. However, outside the medical domain, some individuals hasten their death by Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluid while receiving some ... Read more...

Oregon's experience: evaluating the record.

27 Feb 2009 Prior to passage of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, opponents of assistance in dying argued that legalization would have serious harmful consequences. Specifically, they argued that the quality and availability of palliative care would decline, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Suicide, Assisted - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Trends and determinants of end-of-life practices in ALS in the Netherlands. 20 Sep 2009
• End of life decisions. Counting end of life decisions. 12 Sep 2009
• Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium. 8 Sep 2009
• [Assisted suicide in prime time: the "right to die"] 5 May 2009
• A survey of self-directed dying attended by proxies in the Dutch population. 13 Apr 2009
• Lives in the balance. 18 Mar 2009
• Oregon's experience: evaluating the record. 27 Feb 2009
• Physician-assisted death--from Oregon to Washington State. 9 Dec 2008
• The reporting rate of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a study of the trends. 29 Nov 2008
• [Assisted suicide for all] 10 Nov 2008
• Suicide assisted by two Swiss right-to-die organisations. 30 Oct 2008
• Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients requesting physicians' aid in dying: cross sectional survey. 5 Oct 2008
• Depression and physician assisted dying. 5 Oct 2008
• [Management of requests for euthanasia. Discussion of cases] 30 Aug 2008
• [Evaluation of euthanasia in Belgium 2002-2007] 30 Aug 2008
• Dutch criteria of due care for physician-assisted dying in medical practice: a physician perspective. 30 Aug 2008
• A post-mortem survey on end-of-life decisions using a representative sample of death certificates in Flanders, Belgium: research protocol. 25 Aug 2008
• Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: disproportionate prevalence of women among Kevorkian's patients. 30 May 2008
• Religion and spirituality along the suicidal path. 30 Mar 2008
• How do general practitioners assess the criteria for due care for euthanasia in concrete cases? 5 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Suicide, Assisted'

Definition: Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).

Descriptor UI: D017236

Alternative terms: Suicide, Assisted; Assisted Suicides; Suicides, Assisted; Death, Assisted; Assisted Death; Assisted Deaths; Deaths, Assisted; Assisted Suicide; Physician-Assisted Suicide; Physician Assisted Suicide; Physician-Assisted Suicides; Suicide, Physician-Assisted; Suicides, Physician-Assisted; Medically Assisted Suicide; Suicides, Medically Assisted; Suicide, Medically Assisted; Medically Assisted Suicides;

Related Mesh Headings: Euthanasia; Euthanasia, Active; Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.760.905.850; F01.145.126.980.875.300; I01.880.735.856.300; N02.421.585.905.850;

History Note: 93