About the practice of psychiatric euthanasia: a commentary

BMC Medicine

Commentary

Jorge Lopez-Castroman¹ 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, Nîmes University Hospital, 585 Chemin du Mas de Lauze, 30900, Nîmes, France;INSERM u1061, 39 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34090, Montpellier, France;University of Montpellier, 163 Rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090, Montpellier, France;

关键词: Physician-assisted suicide;    Palliative care;    Psychiatry;    Assisted death;    Terminal care;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12916-017-0896-3

 received in 2017-06-02, accepted in 2017-06-21,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Euthanasia motivated by mental disorders is legal in only a few countries and has a short history. In a recent report of all psychiatric euthanasia cases in Belgium between 2002 and 2013, Dierickx and colleagues suggest that the number of these cases is increasing, and provide a profile of the applicants. To date, knowledge of the practice of psychiatric euthanasia is limited, but rising public awareness might increase the number of requests. The authors reveal several shortcomings in cases of psychiatric euthanasia and open avenues for future research.Please see related article: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-017-1369-0

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017