Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Selected European Countries and US States
Systematic Literature Review
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9100002 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Nicole Steck (0000-0001-8689-716X, University of Bern, autor de correspondencia), Matthias Egger (0000-0002-1791-1842, University of Bristol, autor de correspondencia), Maud Maessen (0000-0002-5439-9948, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, autor de correspondencia), Thomas Reisch (University Hospital of Bern), Marcel Zwahlen (0000-0002-6772-6346, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2013 |
| Volumen | 51 |
| Número | 10 |
| Páginas | 938-944 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Editorial | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3182a0f427 |
| PMID | 23929402 |
| OpenAlex | W2089772451 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 25 |
| Referencias citadas | 13 |
BACKGROUND: Legal in some European countries and US states, physician-assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia remain under debate in these and other countries. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to examine numbers, characteristics, and trends over time for assisted dying in regions where these practices are legal: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Oregon, Washington, and Montana. DESIGN: This was a systematic review of journal articles and official reports. Medline and Embase databases were searched for relevant studies, from inception to end of 2012. We searched the websites of the health authorities of all eligible countries and states for reports on physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia and included publications that reported on cases of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. We extracted information on the total number of assisted deaths, its proportion in relation to all deaths, and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals assisted to die. RESULTS: A total of 1043 publications were identified; 25 articles and reports were retained, including series of reported cases, physician surveys, and reviews of death certificates. The percentage of physician-assisted deaths among all deaths ranged from 0.1%-0.2% in the US states and Luxembourg to 1.8%-2.9% in the Netherlands. Percentages of cases reported to the authorities increased in most countries over time. The typical person who died with assistance was a well-educated male cancer patient, aged 60-85 years. CONCLUSIONS: Despite some common characteristics between countries, we found wide variation in the extent and specific characteristics of those who died an assisted death
Assisted suicide · Environmental health · Family medicine · MEDLINE · Physician assisted suicide · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Demography · Ethics in medical practice · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Completed life pill
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Disability‐based arguments against assisted dying laws
Assisted Suicide
End of Life Choices
Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe
Suicide in older adults
Juror Decision Making and Euthanasia
Reconsidering dependence on life-sustaining treatment as a criterion for assisted suicide
‘How is it possible that at times we can be physicians and at times assistants in suicide?’ Attitudes and experiences of palliative care physicians in respect of the current legal situation of suicide assistance in Switzerland
The final step
Assistance in dying
Determinants of unbearable suffering in hospice patients who died due to euthanasia
Assistance in dying across borders
What Determines End-of-Life Attitudes? Revisiting the Dutch Experience
Attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Spanish university students
Old and Depressed? What We Think About Ending Their Suffering—Attitudes Toward Euthanasia for Elderly Suffering From Physical Versus Mental Illness
Views on Assisted Suicide and Religious Beliefs
Bearable and unbearable suffering in later life
Quebec population highly supportive of extending Medical Aid in Dying to incapacitated persons and people suffering only from a mental illness
Attitudes towards Life and Death in Europe
L’assistance à mourir par-delà les frontières
Still ready to give up on life? A longitudinal phenomenological study into wishes to die among older adults
What Is Right for Me, Is Not Necessarily Right for You
Attitudes towards legalising physician provided euthanasia in Britain
| Obras citantes distintas | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 2,27 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 22 |