Rational Suicide and the Terminally Ill Cancer Patient
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karolynn Siegel (0000-0001-8208-5949, New York Medical College, corresponding author), Peter Tuckel (0000-0003-2510-1628, Hunter College of the City University of New York) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 263-269 |
| Publication date | 1985-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/7nck-q22n-5y21-49bm |
| PMID | 11653648 |
| OpenAlex | W2153619826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
In recent years societal attitudes toward suicide among the terminally ill have become increasingly tolerant. These sentiments have become embodied in “Rational Suicide” movements. The central underlying premise of the rational suicide position is that terminally ill patients (of which the cancer patient has served as the prototypal case) have a greater propensity for suicide growing out of their desire to escape overwhelming pain and despair. This assumption is found to be unsubstantiated when examined in light of existing statistical and clinical data. In addition, the implications of providing legal sanctions to safeguard the right of the terminally ill to end their own lives are explored
Medical emergency · Palliative care · Poison control · Political science · Premise · Psychiatry · Sanctions · Suicide prevention · Terminally ill · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1994 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |