Suicide in the medically and terminally ill: Psychological and ethical considerations

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1153-1171

  Kleespies, Phillip M ^a,b   Hughes, Douglas H ^a   Gallacher, Fiona P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medically ill; Suicide; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SICK ROLE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0033832787     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(200009)56:9<1153::AID-JCLP4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Review

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