What should we tell medical students and residents about euthanasia and assisted suicide?

Sher, Leo

doi:10.1177/0004867411433894

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“…KEYWORDS: assisted suicide, death attitudes, mental health, family members, public opinion As social acceptance for physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and family-assisted suicide (FAS) increases (Cohen et al, 2006), euthanasia and assisted suicide have become one of the most passionately debated topics in the field of medical ethics (Sher, 2012). Changes in medical practices, such as advances in medical technologies that prolong caregiving and rising financial cost that increase the burden of continuing care, have changed the context associated with end-of-life decision making and assisted suicide.…”

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Attitudes toward Assisted Suicide: Does Family Context Matter?

Frey¹,

Hans

2015

Archives of Suicide Research

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Little is known about how family-related contextual variables impact attitudes toward assisted suicide. A probability sample (N = 272) responded to a multiple-segment factorial vignette designed to examine the effects of 6 variables-patient sex, age, type of illness, relationship status, parenthood status, and family support-on attitudes toward physician- and family-assisted suicide. Respondents were more likely to support physician-assisted suicide if they heard about an older patient or a patient experiencing physical pain than a younger patient or one suffering from depression, respectively. For family-assisted suicide, respondent support was higher when the patient had physical pain than depression, and when the patient's spouse or friend was supportive of the wish to die than unsupportive. Attitudes about physician and family obligation to inform others were affected by type of illness, relationship status, family support, and respondent education and religiosity. The experience of pain, motivations for family involvement, confidentiality issues, and physicians' biases concerning assisted suicide are discussed.

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Attitudes toward Assisted Suicide: Does Family Context Matter?

Frey¹,

Hans

2015

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“…In a recent edition of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry , Leo Sher asks: ‘what shall we tell them (medical students, residents, fellows and other trainees) about euthanasia and assisted suicide ?’ (Sher, 2012). He claims that we should tell them that the majority of individuals desiring death are suffering from a diagnosable psychiatric disorder and that, when a request to hasten death is made and heard as a call for help (instead of an authentic desire to die), the wish to die usually vanishes.…”

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Response to: ‘What should we tell medical students and residents about euthanasia and assisted suicide?’

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Johnson

2013

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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“…Ryan (2012) provides a reflection on MacLeod’s review. This topic was explored earlier by Nitschke and Stewart (2011), Sher (2012) and Goldney (2012).…”

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2012

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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What should we tell medical students and residents about euthanasia and assisted suicide?

Cited by 4 publications

References 36 publications

Attitudes toward Assisted Suicide: Does Family Context Matter?

Attitudes toward Assisted Suicide: Does Family Context Matter?

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