First, the arguments made by proponents of assisted dying rely on notions of "treatment-resistant depression" that are problematic. Second, an individual patient suffering from depression may not be justified in believing that chances of recovery are minimal. Third, the therapeutic significance of ...
Four Reasons Why Assisted Dying Should Not Be Offered for Depression 2017, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Euthanasia and assisted suicide of patients with psychiatric disorders in the Netherlands 2011 to 2014 2016, JAMA Psychiatry Treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and assisted dying 2015, Journ...
Jason told CBS News that he's struggled with depression, anxiety and panic attacks for decades, and has attempted suicide twice. He said he's tried inpatient programs, medication, electroconvulsive therapy and ketamine treatment, among other remedies, to little avail. "I would not be alive today...
Calls for a change in the law to allow strictly controlled forms of assisted dying in the UK continue following a recent attempt to change the law and an a... R Griffith,C Tengnah - 《British Journal of Community Nursing》 被引量: 5发表: 2009年 Depression and physician assisted dying Pr...
As Reed argues: 'assisted death laws that limit their services to the dying discriminate against them because death is offered to them to solve their problems'. This discrimination could take two forms: (1) via harm to dying patients as a group as a result of the existence of assisted ...
Unsurprisingly, the looser Canadian criteria drastically expand the number of candidates for assisted suicide. They also raise legitimate concerns about the safety of the disabled, those with mental illness or depression, and patients with chronic but not terminal conditions. ...
However, the key problem lies in patients' fear, depression and despair for living. In a way, spiritual fear is more frustrating than real pain. And quite a lot of patients were defeated by mental anxiety and depression before finally tortured to death by illness. After all, a person who ...
Depression screening should be a routine assessment for every clinician. Research is essential in developing, testing, and implementing treatment approaches to patients at risk for suicide, as well as developing prevention strategies that have been shown to be effective or appear likely to be ...
in practical terms, they provide no protection. For example, people with a history of depression ...
Terminally ill patients with mental illness, especially depression, are particularly vulnerable to the misapplication of physician-assisted suicide despite ... HR Hicks - 《Bmc Family Practice》 被引量: 17发表: 2006年 Constitutional Case against Permitting Physician-Assisted Suicide for Competent Adults...