Citation

Strnad J, Grosjean S, Schüpbach B, Bahro M. Nervenarzt, Der 1999; 70(7): 645-649.

Vernacular Title

Suizide in der stationaren Psychiatrie unter Beihilfe einer

Affiliation

Abteilung für Gerontopsychiatrie, Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10434264

Abstract

The debate on passive and active euthanasia has met a controversial echo both in the German-speaking media and in professional publications within recent years. This discussion, however, largely excluded mentally ill patients. Also, euthanasia advocacy groups have usually distanced themselves from euthanasia in psychiatric patients. We report here two cases from our hospital in which inpatients with affective disorders committed assisted suicide during a hospital pass. We discuss these events under the assumption that these are cases of questionable active euthanasia in mentally ill patients whose judgement was considerably compromised by their disorder.

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