When is a mental health professional competent to assess a person's decision to hasten death?

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-157

  Werth Jr , James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid in dying; Assisted suicide; Education; Professional competence; Training

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ASSOCIATION FOR DEATH EDUCATION AND COUNSELING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COUNSELING; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGY; ASSOCIATION FOR DEATH EDUCATION AND COUNSELING; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COERCION; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIETIES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032607969     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0902_5     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. American Association of Suicidology. (1996). Report of the Committee on Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 26(Suppl.), 1-19.
2. American Psychological Association. (1997). Terminal illness and hastened death requests: The important role of the mental health professional. Washington, DC: Author.
3. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
4. Association for Death Education and Counseling. (1997). ADEC Certification Program. Hartford, CT: Author. (Available from ADEC, 638 Prospect Ave., Hartford, CT 06105-4250 or on the Internet at www.adec.org)