Assessment of decision-making capacity in patients requesting assisted suicide

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Assessment of decision-making capacity in patients requesting assisted suicide

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ID	4488779
Author(s)	Shaw, David; Trachsel, Manuel; Elger, Bernice S.
Author(s) at UniBasel	Shaw, David Elger, Bernice Simone
Year	2018
Title	Assessment of decision-making capacity in patients requesting assisted suicide
Journal	British journal of psychiatry
Volume	213
Number	1
Pages / Article-Number	393-395
Abstract	In this editorial, we argue that current attitudes toward terminally ill patients are generally too paternalistic, and that it is wrong to assume that patients suffering from mental health issues (including depression) cannot consent to assisted suicide.
Publisher	[s.n.]
ISSN/ISBN	0007-1250
edoc-URL	https://edoc.unibas.ch/67099/
Full Text on edoc	No
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.1192/bjp.2018.81
PubMed ID	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29947315
ISI-Number	WOS:000437159800001
Document type (ISI)	Journal Article

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