"Suicide, Assisted" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D017236
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.850 F01.145.126.980.875.300 I01.880.735.856.300 N02.421.585.905.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Suicide, Assisted- Suicide, Assisted
- Assisted Suicides
- Suicides, Assisted
- Death, Assisted
- Assisted Death
- Assisted Deaths
- Deaths, Assisted
- Assisted Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide- Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Physician Assisted Suicide
- Physician-Assisted Suicides
- Suicide, Physician-Assisted
- Suicides, Physician-Assisted
Medically Assisted Suicide- Medically Assisted Suicide
- Suicides, Medically Assisted
- Suicide, Medically Assisted
- Medically Assisted Suicides
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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Barsness JG, Regnier CR, Hook CC, Mueller PS. US medical and surgical society position statements on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a review. BMC Med Ethics. 2020 11 03; 21(1):111.
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Sulmasy LS, Mueller PS. Ethics and the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide. Ann Intern Med. 2018 06 05; 168(11):834-835.
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Snyder Sulmasy L, Mueller PS. Ethics and the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide: An American College of Physicians Position Paper. Ann Intern Med. 2017 10 17; 167(8):576-578.
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Mueller PS, Swetz KM, Freeman MR, Carter KA, Crowley ME, Severson CJ, Park SJ, Sulmasy DP. Ethical analysis of withdrawing ventricular assist device support. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Sep; 85(9):791-7.
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Braun KL, Tanji VM, Heck R. Support for physician-assisted suicide: exploring the impact of ethnicity and attitudes toward planning for death. Gerontologist. 2001 Feb; 41(1):51-60.
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Castro O, Gordeuk VR, Dawkins F. Caring for the dying--congressional mischief. N Engl J Med. 2000 Apr 06; 342(14):1049; author reply 1050.
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Koch T, Braun KL, Pietsch JH. Social necessity, individual rights, and the needs of the fragile: euthanasia in the context of end-of-life decision making. J Ethics Law Aging. 1999 Spring-Summer; 5(1):17-28.
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Braun KL. Do Hawaii residents support physician-assisted death? A comparison of five ethnic groups. Hawaii Med J. 1998 Jun; 57(6):529-34.