Objective Suffering frequently occurs in the context of chronic and progressive medical
illnesses and emerges with great intensity at end‐of‐life. A review of the literature on …

Objectives In recent years, the European euthanasia debate has become more intense, and
the practice was legalized in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. We aimed to …

Background: Many decisions are made by patients in their last months of life, creating
complex decision-making needs for these individuals. Identifying whether currently existing …

A key concept driving the field of both clinical and applied gerontology is that of personal
control. Seminal work conducted in the late 1970s to early 1980s by Ellen Langer and Judith …

Research aims The motivations that lead to wishes to die (WTD) in palliative care patients
with cancer are relatively well studied. But little is known about WTD in other pathologies …

Purpose This study aims to adapt the Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self-Measure
(PRISM), a practical, nonverbal method with strong psychometric properties, to Spanish and …

In my career as a primary care physician and as a palliative care consultant, I have assisted
many patients to die with their full consent. None of them wanted to die, and all would have …

Not all physicians readily discuss death with their terminal patients. To explore whether
physicians discuss dying with their terminal patients and to pursue an in-depth …

Abstract Introduction and Objective. Euthanasia assumes the deliberate deprivation of life of
another human being for the good of that person. At present, euthanasia is legally practiced …

This study aims to extend our knowledge regarding attitudes toward euthanasia.
Specifically, the effect of patient's age and illness type. 123 participants were randomly …