Perceived Burdensomeness and the Wish for Hastened Death in Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

Perceived Burdensomeness and the Wish for Hastened Death in Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

Background: In several European countries, medical assistance in dying (MAID) is no longer confined to persons with a terminal prognosis but is also available to those suffering from persistent and unbearable mental illness. To date, scholarly discourse on MAID in this population has been dominated...

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Main Authors: Julia Stoll, Christopher James Ryan, Manuel Trachsel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
suicide
euthanasia
depression
schizophrenia
anorexia nervosa
ethics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.532817/full

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