Perceived Burdensomeness and the Wish for Hastened Death in Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Background: In several European countries, medical assistance in dying (MAID) is no longer confined to persons with a terminal prognosis but is also available to those suffering from persistent and unbearable mental illness. To date, scholarly discourse on MAID in this population has been dominated...
Main Authors: | Julia Stoll, Christopher James Ryan, Manuel Trachsel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.532817/full |
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