background and aim: family psychological support is a highly important concept concerning patients diagnosed with cancer. the purpose of this study was to investigate cancer patients’ perceptions of family psychological support. methods: this study had a qualitative approach using inductive content analysis method. through purposive sampling, 15 patients were selected who underwent semi-structu...

BACKGROUND A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the UK recently made significant progress in the British House of Lords and will be reintroduced in the future. Until now there has been little discussion of the clinical implications of physician-assisted suicide for the UK. This paper describes problematical issues that became apparent from a review of the medical and psychiatric lit...

BACKGROUND In 1994 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that in exceptional instances, physician-assisted suicide might be justifiable for patients with unbearable mental suffering but no physical illness. We studied physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in psychiatric practice in the Netherlands. METHODS In 1996, we sent questionnaires to 673 Dutch psychiatrists - about half of all such special...

videoinsight® means to gain insight by looking at a work of contemporary art. it focuses on the aim and the psychological effect that are potentially provoked by the interaction with some selected contemporary works of art. the insight promoted by the work of art is the outcome of the activation of transference, of projections and reflections on the artistic product, of the unconscious elaborat...

BACKGROUND Care-dependency constitutes an important issue with regard to the approval of end-of-life decisions, yet attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia are understudied among care-dependent older adults. We assessed attitudes towards assisted suicide and euthanasia and tested empirical correlates, including socio-demographics, religiosity, physical illness, psychological distress ...

BACKGROUND In Switzerland assisted suicide is legal if no self-interest is involved. AIMS To compare the strength and direction of associations with sociodemographic factors between assisted and unassisted suicides. METHOD We calculated rates and used Cox and logistic regression models in a longitudinal study of the Swiss population. RESULTS Analyses were based on 5 004 403 people, 1301 a...

This article is an overview of the problems with the legalization of assisted suicide as public policy. The disability community's opposition to assisted suicide stems in part from factors that directly impact the disability community as well as all of society. These factors include the secrecy in which assisted suicide operates today, in states where it is legal; the lack of robust oversight a...