Dying cancer patients: Choices at the end of life

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have recently received considerable attention in the literature and in the courts. Surveys have been conducted assessing physicians' attitudes toward euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Five patients were followed and counseled in a cancer suppor...

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Published inJournal of pain and symptom management Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 94 - 98
Main Author Toverud Severson, Kirsten
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.1997
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer
Caregivers
Choice Behavior
Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation
depression
Depression (Psychology)
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Female
Humans
Male
Medical Decision Making
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - mortality
Neoplasms - psychology
pain management
Patients
Physician-assisted suicide
Self Help Groups
spiritual concerns
Suicide, Assisted
Terminal Illness
United States
North America
America
Physician-assisted suicide
caregivers
euthanasia
pain management
depression
spiritual concerns
Case study
Human
Pain
Attitude
Decision making
Physician
Terminal stage
Assisted suicide
Euthanasia
Death and Euthanasia
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Summary:Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have recently received considerable attention in the literature and in the courts. Surveys have been conducted assessing physicians' attitudes toward euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Five patients were followed and counseled in a cancer support group from time of diagnosis of their malignancies until death. These case reports demonstrate the need for further studies to include interviews of dying patients. Review of these cases indicates that factors in addition to pain management and the treatment of depression, such as care by family members, support groups, and spiritual concerns, can influence patients not to act on their previous requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide.
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ISSN:0885-3924
1873-6513
DOI:10.1016/S0885-3924(97)00110-3