Families' experiences with patients who died after assisted suicide: a retrospective interview study in southern Switzerland

Abstract

Assisted suicide was preferred despite provision of palliative care. Better understanding of the importance placed on perceived control and anticipated dependency is needed. Further research is needed to develop appropriate support for patients contemplating assisted suicide.

Responses to assisted suicide requests: an interview study with Swiss palliative care physicians

“…Therefore, patients commonly go directly to the right-to-die societies to obtain assisted suicide, or alternatively they may ‘screen’ physicians to determine their stance 49. There is a resonance with physicians’ limited role in Oregon and Washington hospices that prohibit staff from engaging in assisted suicide 50.…”

Prospective analysis of quality of life in elderly patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer

“…Nevertheless, this study certainly has its own strengths. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first prospective study specifically designed for elderly patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy in NSCLC; almost all information of the elderly reported before has been drawn from a subgroup analysis [11] or a meta-analysis [12,14,30]. And, selection of 'QOL' as a primary end point for assessing the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy has not been extensively studied before.…”

Exploring the experiences of bereaved families involved in assisted suicide in Southern Switzerland: a qualitative study

“…A detailed account of sampling, data collection and data analysis are described elsewhere 9. Grounded theory approach has been used since it is a valid approach for exploring a new area of research where literature data are insufficient and no explicit theories have already been established 10 11…”

“…Interpretation and analysis were performed according to the principles of grounded theory 9 10. The analysis started from the first interview and influenced the next one, allowing the generation of additional codes and themes.…”