Citation

Lester D. Suicidol. Online 2020; 11(1): 16-18.

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(Copyright © 2020, The author(s), Publisher Medical University of Vienna, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)

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Abstract

The American Association of Suicidology argued that physician aid-in-dying is not the same as suicide. In this essay, it is noted that suicidal acts by each method chosen for suicide have unique properties and different psychological correlates. Therefore, physician aid-in-dying and physician assisted suicide can be viewed as suicide by a unique method and, therefore, viewed as suicide.

Keywords: physician aid-in-dying, assisted suicide, methods for suicide


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Language: en