Why are people with mental illness excluded from the rational suicide debate?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 358-365

  Hewitt, Jeanette ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Mental illness; Rational suicide; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTONOMY; MENTAL ILLNESS; RATIONAL SUICIDE; SUFFERING;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 84887025277     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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