Choosing to die

Choosing to die--a growing epidemic among the young.

WHO estimates that about one million people kill themselves every year — a toll comparable to that of malaria. Worse, on present trends, WHO expects the number to climb to about 1.5 million by 2020. Even politicians are starting to accept that suicide is not just a private issue. ‘‘Suicide is being talked about,’’ says Dr Michael Phillips, director of the research centre of clinical epidemiolog...

Choosing when and how to die: are we ready to perform therapeutic homicide?

Choosing to Live or Die: Online Narratives of Recovering from Methamphetamine Abuse.

The goal of this study is to explore motivating factors for recovering from methamphetamine abuse. The source of data was 202 anonymous letters and stories submitted to an online support platform for methamphetamine users. Qualitative data were analyzed in Dedoose software using grounded theory methodology. Ten primary motivating factors for recovering from methamphetamine abuse were identified...

To die or not to die.

This article presents the author's personal reflections and experiences in providing case management for patients with end-of-life issues. Through case examples and practical guidelines, the reader will gain an insight into dealing with terminal states in the acute care setting. References were drawn from recent literature on the subject, and were the stimulus to this piece.

Choosing what to protect.

We study a strategic model in which a defender must allocate defensive resources to a collection of locations, and an attacker must choose a location to attack. The defender does not know the attacker's preferences, while the attacker observes the defender's resource allocation. The defender's problem gives rise to negative externalities, in the sense that increasing the resources allocated to ...