 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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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Mandell M, Van Valkenburg KS, O'Neil S, Roosevelt GE, Mason K. Medical Aid in Dying in the State of Colorado: Perspectives, Data, and Lessons Learned in the First Years of a Uniquely Centralized Program. J Palliat Med. 2025 Jul; 28(7):869-874.
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Hamer MK, Baugh CM, Bolcic-Jankovic D, Kessler ER, Kini V, Lum HD, Ressalam J, Campbell EG. Conscience-Based Barriers to Medical Aid in Dying: A Survey of Colorado Physicians. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec; 39(16):3138-3145.
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Largent EA, Lowers J, Pope TM, Quill TE, Wynia MK. When People Facing Dementia Choose to Hasten Death: The Landscape of Current Ethical, Legal, Medical, and Social Considerations in the United States. Hastings Cent Rep. 2024 Jan; 54 Suppl 1:S11-S21.
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DeCamp M, Ressalam J, Lum HD, Kessler ER, Bolcic-Jankovic D, Kini V, Campbell EG. Ethics and Medical Aid in Dying: Physicians' Perspectives on Disclosure, Presence, and Eligibility. J Law Med Ethics. 2023; 51(3):641-650.
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Kessler ER, Ressalam J, DeCamp M, Lum HD, Kini V, Campbell EG. Specialty Differences in Medical Aid in Dying Experiences: Results of a Survey of Physicians in Colorado. Oncologist. 2023 07 05; 28(7):e585-e587.
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Lum HD, Ressalam J, Kini V, Kessler ER, DeCamp M, Kutner JS, Campbell EG. Use and Influence of Medical Aid in Dying Service on Physician Experiences. J Palliat Med. 2023 01; 26(1):110-113.
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Kini V, Mosley B, Ressalam J, Bolcic-Jankovic D, Lum HD, Kessler ER, DeCamp M, Campbell EG. A novel methodology to identify and survey physicians participating in medical aid-in-dying. Sci Rep. 2022 04 11; 12(1):6056.
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Damron L, Bayram E, McGehrin K, Reynolds J, Hess R, Coughlin DG, Litvan I. Physician-Assisted Dying: Access and Utilization in Patients with Movement Disorders. Mov Disord. 2022 04; 37(4):694-698.
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Campbell EG, Kini V, Ressalam J, Mosley BS, Bolcic-Jankovic D, Lum HD, Kessler ER, DeCamp M. Physicians' Attitudes and Experiences with Medical Aid in Dying in Colorado: a "Hidden Population" Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 10; 37(13):3310-3317.
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Kluger BM. Medical Aid in Living. JAMA Neurol. 2020 11 01; 77(11):1349-1350.
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