Euthanasia and assisted suicide in the context of psychiatric disorders: sharing experiences from the Low Countries

被引:5
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作者
Dom, Geert [1 ,2 ]
Stoop, Heidi [3 ]
Haekens, An [4 ]
Sterckx, Sigrid [5 ,6 ,7 ,8 ]
机构
[1] Antwerp Univ, Collaborat Antwerp Psychiat Res Inst, Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Belgium Profess Assoc Med Specialists Psychiat, Brussels, Belgium
[3] PC Multiversum, Boechout, Belgium
[4] Zorggrp Alexianen, Tienen, Belgium
[5] Univ Ghent, Bioeth Inst Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
[6] Univ Ghent, End Life Care Res Grp, Ghent, Belgium
[7] Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
[8] Univ Ghent, Dept Philosophy & Moral Sci, Ghent, Belgium
关键词
euthanasia; physician assisted suicide; psychiatric disorder; mood disorder; ethics; NETHERLANDS;
D O I
10.12740/PP/124078
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (E/PAS) in the context of unbearable psychological or emotional suffering related to psychiatric disorders (psychiatric E/PAS) is a highly debated topic. In Belgium and The Netherlands, the law allows for psychiatric E/PAS since 2002. The aim of this article is to give an overview of the Belgian and Dutch experiences and the questions raised during the last decade of real-life experiences with psychiatric E/PAS. We use the available national data on psychiatric E/PAS to present a quantitative overview of the current situation. In addition. we identified different challenges; i.e. ethical, medical-psychiatric and legal, that increasingly impact and change the attitudes within the medical and psychiatric professional community towards psychiatric E/PAS.
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页码:661 / 672
页数:12
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