@article{ref1,
title="Requests for physician-assisted suicide in older persons: An approach",
journal="Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society",
year="2002",
author="St. John, P. and Man-Son-Hing, M.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="81-83",
abstract="Physicians caring for seniors may be presented with a patient who requests physician-assisted suicide or passive euthanasia. Often, these requests occur near the end of life in the setting of uncontrolled symptoms or depression. The recognition that mood disorders, under-treated pain, dyspnea, and delirium may play a role in these requests is important. With appropriate intervention, patients' quality of life may improve, with diminution of their desire for death.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1496-3892",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}