Families' experiences with patients who died after assisted suicide: a retrospective interview study in southern Switzerland
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Families' experiences with patients who died after assisted suicide: a retrospective interview study in southern Switzerland.
BACKGROUND In Switzerland, if certain conditions are met, assisted suicide is not prosecuted. International debate suggests that requests for hasten death are often altered by the provision of palliative care. Aims of the study were to explore patients' reasons for choice of assisted suicide and family perceptions of the interactions with health care professionals. PATIENTS AND METHODS This i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt033