Competing Paradigms of Response to Assisted Suicide Requests in Oregon

Legalization of assisted suicide in Oregon ushered in a new approach to evaluation suicidal patients with serious medical illnesses. Two competing paradigms--the traditional model and the assisted suicide competency model--now exist. Hamilton and Hamilton compare the traditional approach to evaluati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of psychiatry 2005-06, Vol.162 (6), p.1060-1065
Hauptverfasser:	Hamilton, N. Gregory, Hamilton, Catherine A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Assisted suicide Bioethics Biological and medical sciences Depressive Disorder - drug therapy Depressive Disorder - psychology Firearms Humans Legalization Legislation Male Medical sciences Mental Competency - standards Mental health Middle Aged Oregon Patients rights Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Right to Die Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social Support Suicide, Assisted - ethics Suicide, Assisted - legislation & jurisprudence Suicide, Assisted - psychology Suicide, Attempted - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:	Legalization of assisted suicide in Oregon ushered in a new approach to evaluation suicidal patients with serious medical illnesses. Two competing paradigms--the traditional model and the assisted suicide competency model--now exist. Hamilton and Hamilton compare the traditional approach to evaluating and treating treating suicidal symptoms with the assisted suicide guidebook used in Oregon, the only state where such a practice is legal.
ISSN:	0002-953X 1535-7228
DOI:	10.1176/appi.ajp.162.6.1060