Protecting psychiatric patients and others from the assisted-suicide movement : insights and strategies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olevitch, Barbara A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Temas:
Mentally ill > Care.
Psychotherapy patients > Care.
Assisted suicide.
Euthanasia.
Confidential communications.
Mentally Ill Persons > psychology
Confidentiality
Euthanasia
Suicide, Assisted
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Soins.
Patients en psychothérapie > Soins.
Aide au suicide.
Euthanasie.
Secret professionnel.
suicides.
Confidential communications
Assisted suicide
Mentally ill > Care
Psychotherapy patients > Care
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Do psychiatric patients need protection from physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia? Would physician-assisted suicide lead to more suicides?
  • Would physician-assisted suicide lead to euthanasia?
  • The beginnings of the fear of medical technology
  • The movement to legalize and otherwise promote physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in America
  • pt. II. What mental health professionals can do. Soothing fears that progress in medicine will lead to financial disaster
  • Establishing a productive frame of reference for psychological problems
  • Refusing to do consultations that justify physician-assisted suicide
  • Insuring the integrity of informed consent
  • Promoting palliative care in medicine and mental health
  • Taking a personal position against physician-assisted suicide.

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