"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in this website by year, and whether "Suicide, Assisted" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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Anfang SA. One Psychiatrist's Perspective on Physician-Assisted Death. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2021 03; 49(1):9-11.
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Lambert LA. Medical Assistance in Dying. N Engl J Med. 2017 08 31; 377(9):897.
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Colbert JA, Schulte J, Adler JN. Clinical decisions. Physician-assisted suicide--polling results. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 12; 369(11):e15.
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Goldstein NE, Cohen LM, Arnold RM, Goy E, Arons S, Ganzini L. Prevalence of formal accusations of murder and euthanasia against physicians. J Palliat Med. 2012 Mar; 15(3):334-9.
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Stempsey WE. The role of religion in the debate about physician-assisted dying. Med Health Care Philos. 2010 Nov; 13(4):383-7.
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Hicks MH. Physician-assisted suicide: a review of the literature concerning practical and clinical implications for UK doctors. BMC Fam Pract. 2006 Jun 22; 7:39.
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Cohen LM. "Demoralization" and decisionmaking: psychiatry again at the forefront. Hastings Cent Rep. 2004 Nov-Dec; 34(6):7; author reply 7.
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Cohen LM. A medical revolution in death-hastening decisions. Palliat Support Care. 2003 Dec; 1(4):377-9.
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Stempsey WE. Laying down one's life for oneself. Christ Bioeth. 1998 Aug; 4(2):202-24.
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Stempsey WE. End-of-life decisions: Christian perspectives. Christ Bioeth. 1997 Dec; 3(3):249-61.