 Suicide, Assisted
"Suicide, Assisted" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D017236
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.850 F01.145.126.980.875.300 I01.880.735.856.300 N02.421.585.905.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Suicide, Assisted- Suicide, Assisted
- Assisted Suicides
- Suicides, Assisted
- Death, Assisted
- Assisted Death
- Assisted Deaths
- Deaths, Assisted
- Assisted Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide- Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Physician Assisted Suicide
- Physician-Assisted Suicides
- Suicide, Physician-Assisted
- Suicides, Physician-Assisted
Medically Assisted Suicide- Medically Assisted Suicide
- Suicides, Medically Assisted
- Suicide, Medically Assisted
- Medically Assisted Suicides
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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Nowels D, VandeKieft G, Ballentine JM. Medical Aid in Dying. Am Fam Physician. 2018 Mar 01; 97(5):339-343.
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Yager J. Contending With Preplanned Death: Questions for Clinicians. J Psychiatr Pract. 2017 09; 23(5):366-374.
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Peled H, Bickel KE, Puchalski C. Enhancing Informed Consent for Physician Aid in Dying: Potential Role of Handout on Possible Benefits of Palliative Care. J Oncol Pract. 2017 10; 13(10):e838-e843.
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Hilden JM, Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Link MP, Foley KM, Clarridge BC, Schnipper LE, Mayer RJ. Attitudes and practices among pediatric oncologists regarding end-of-life care: results of the 1998 American Society of Clinical Oncology survey. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Jan 01; 19(1):205-12.
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Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Emanuel LL. Attitudes and desires related to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among terminally ill patients and their caregivers. JAMA. 2000 Nov 15; 284(19):2460-8.
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Emanuel EJ, Fairclough D, Clarridge BC, Blum D, Bruera E, Penley WC, Schnipper LE, Mayer RJ. Attitudes and practices of U.S. oncologists regarding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Ann Intern Med. 2000 Oct 03; 133(7):527-32.
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Wolfe J, Fairclough DL, Clarridge BR, Daniels ER, Emanuel EJ. Stability of attitudes regarding physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia among oncology patients, physicians, and the general public. J Clin Oncol. 1999 Apr; 17(4):1274.
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Emanuel EJ, Daniels ER, Fairclough DL, Clarridge BR. The practice of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the United States: adherence to proposed safeguards and effects on physicians. JAMA. 1998 Aug 12; 280(6):507-13.
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Dixon KM, Kier KL. Longing for mercy, requesting death: pharmaceutical care and pharmaceutically assisted death. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 1998 Mar 15; 55(6):578-85.
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Corboy JR. Physician-assisted suicide. N Engl J Med. 1997 Feb 06; 336(6):439; author reply 440-1.
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