The number of psychiatric patients requesting Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide (EAS)
continues to increase. The aims of this systematic review were to: 1) describe the available …

Background Belgium is one of very few countries that legally allow euthanasia for suffering
caused by psychiatric illness. In the first criminal trial in Belgium of physicians involved in …

Background Assisted dying for adults with psychiatric conditions (APC) is highly
controversial but legally possible in a few countries, including Belgium. Previous research …

Objective As the empirical picture of adults with psychiatric conditions (further referred to as'
patients') requesting euthanasia is still incomplete, this study aims to deepen our …

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has stimulated extensive study and discussion among
Canadian psychiatrists. There are many compelling legal, clinical, ethical, moral and …

Background Patients with psychiatric disorders (as well as general medical conditions) often
describe their lives in terms of suffering. Although suffering is honored as a central focus of …

AMF 2022; 18 (5): 291-296 56 292 padecimiento o enfermedad que es motivo de la solicitud
de eutanasia (en adelante, ayuda médica para morir, AMpM). El sufrimiento es el resultado …

In debates about euthanasia and assisted suicide, it is rare to find an article that begins with
an expression of neutral interest and then proceeds to examine the various arguments and …

Recent years have seen increasing reform of mental health law and debate, especially in
relation to involuntary detention and treatment, largely stimulated by the passing of the …

Belgium is one of very few countries where euthanasia on the basis of psychiatric illness is
legally possible. Three physicians involved in the euthanasia of a 38-year-old woman …