Rational and assisted suicidal communication on the internet: A case example and discussion of ethical and practice issues

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-238

  Richard, Jon ^a   Werth Jr , James L ^b   Rogers, James R ^c  

^a Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet ethics; Mental health ethics; Physician assisted suicide; Rational suicide; Suicide in the chronically ill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CASE REPORT; COUNSELING; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RIGHT TO DIE; STANDARD; SUICIDE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0034350329     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327019EB1003_2     Document Type: Article

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