Experiences and motivations underlying wishes to die in older people who are tired of living: A research area in its infancy

Omega (United States)

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-216

  Van Wijngaarden, Els ^a   Leget, Carlo ^a   Goossensen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONELINESS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84922324662     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.69.2.f     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Alexopoulos, G. S. (1991). Psychological autopsy of an elderly suicide. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6(1), 45-50.
2. Barnow, S., & Linden, M. (1997). Suicidality and tiredness of life among very old persons: Results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Archives of Suicide Research, 3(3), 171-182. doi: 10.1023/a:1009689431168
3. Barnow, S., & Linden, M. (2000). Epidemiology and psychiatric morbidity of suicidal ideation among the elderly. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 21(4), 171-180.
4. Barnow, S., Linden, M., & Freyberger, H. J. (2004). The relation between suicidal feelings and mental disorders in the elderly: Results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE). Psychological Medicine, 34(4), 741-746.
5. Battin, M. P. (1999). Can suicide be rational? Yes, sometimes. In J. L. Werth (Ed.), Contemporary perspectives on rational suicide (pp. 13-21). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.
6. Bonnewyn, A., Shah, A., & Demyttenaere, K. (2009). Suicidality and suicide in older people. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 19(4), 271-294.
7. Buiting, H. M., Deeg, D. J. H., Knol, D. L., Ziegelmann, J. P., Pasman, H. R. W., Widdershoven, G. A. M., et al. (2012). Older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill in The Netherlands: 2001-2009. Journal of Medical Ethics.
8. Chabot, B. E. (2007). Auto-euthanasie. Verborgen stervenswegen in gesprek met naasten. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker.
9. Chabot, B. E., & Goedhart, A. (2009). A survey of self-directed dying attended by proxies in the Dutch population. Social Science & Medicine, 68(10), 1745-1751.
10. Courage, M. M., Godbey, K. L., Ingram, D. A., Schramm, L. L., & Hale, W. E. (1993). Suicide in the elderly: Staying in control. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing in Mental Health Services, 31(7), 26-31.
11. Crocker, L., Clare, L., & Evans, K. (2006). Giving up or finding a solution? The experience of attempted suicide in later life. Aging and Mental Health, 10(6), 638-647.
12. Delden, J. J. M. v., Heide, A. v. d., Vathorst, S. v. d., Weyers, H., & (red.), D. G. v. Tol (red.). (2011). Kennis en opvattingen van publiek en professionals over medische besluitvorming en behandeling rond het einde van het leven; Het KOPPEL-onderzoek (pp. 291). Den Haag: ZonNw.
13. Dixon-Woods, M., Cavers, D., Agarwal, S., Annandale, E., Arthur, A., Harvey, J., et al. (2006). Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 6(1), 35.
14. Drion, H. (1992). Het zelfgewilde einde van oude mensen. Amsterdam: Balans.
15. Forsell, Y., Jorm, A. F., & Winblad, B. (1997). Suicidal thoughts and associated factors in an elderly population. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 95(2), 108-111.
16. Harwood, D., Hawton, K., Hope, T., & Jacoby, R. (2001). Psychiatric disorder and personality factors associated with suicide in older people: A descriptive and casecontrol study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(2), 155-165.
17. Harwood, D., Hawton, K., Hope, T., & Jacoby, R. (2006). Suicide in older people without psychiatric disorder. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(4), 363-367.
18. Harwood, D. M. J., Hawton, K., Hope, T., Harriss, L., & Jacoby, R. (2006). Life problems and physical illness as risk factors for suicide in older people: A descriptive and case-control study. Psychological Medicine, 36(9), 1265-1274.
19. Jorm, A. F., Henderson, A. S., Scott, R., Korten, A. E., Christensen, H., & Mackinnon, A. J. (1995). Factors associated with the wish to die in elderly people. Age and Ageing, 24(5), 389-392.
20. Kjølseth, I., Ekeberg, Ø., & Steihaug, S. (2009). Why do they become vulnerable when faced with the challenges of old age? Elderly people who committed suicide, described by those who knew them. International Psychogeriatrics, 21(05), 903-912.
21. Kjølseth, I., Ekeberg, O., & Steihoug, S. (2010). Why suicide? Elderly people who committed suicide and their experience of life in the period before their death. International Psychogeriatrics, 22(2), 209-218.
22. Lakeman, R., & Fitz Gerald, M. (2008). How people live with or get over being suicidal: A review of qualitative studies. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(2), 114-126.
23. Lange, F. d. (2007). De mythe van het voltooide leven: Over de oude dag van morgen. Zoetermeer: Meinema.
24. Leichtentritt, R. D., & Rettig, K. D. (2001). Values underlying end-of-life decisions: A qualitative approach. Health & Social Work, 26(3), 150-159.
25. Lindner, R., Fiedler, G., Altenhöfer, A., Götze, P., & Happach, C. (2006). Psychodynamic ideal types of elderly suicidal persons based on counter transference. Journal of Social Work Practice, 20(3), 347-365.
26. Lloyd-Williams, M., Kennedy, V., Sixsmith, A., & Sixsmith, J. (2007). The end of life: A qualitative study of the perceptions of people over the age of 80 on issues surrounding death and dying. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(1), 60-66.
27. Moore, S. L. (1993). Rational suicide among older adults: A cause for concern? Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 7(2), 106-110.
28. Moore, S. L. (1997). A phenomenological study of meaning in life in suicidal older adults. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 11(1), 29-36.
29. Moss, S. Z., Moss, M. S., Black, H. K., & Rubenstein, R. L. (2005). How family members respond to residents' wish to die. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 51(4), 301-321.
30. Osgood, N. J. (1985). Suicide in the elderly: A practitioner's guide to diagnosis and mental health intervention. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems Corp.
31. Prado, C. G. (1998). The last choice: Preemptive suicide in advanced age. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
32. Raue, P. J., Meyers, B. S., Rowe, J. L., Heo, M., & Bruce, M. L. (2007). Suicidal ideation among elderly homecare patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(1), 32-37.
33. Richman, J. (1992). Rational approach to rational suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 22(1), 130-141.
34. Rurup, M. L., Deeg, D. J., Poppelaars, J. L., Kerkhof, A. J., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D. (2011). Wishes to die in older people: A quantitative study of prevalence and associated factors. Crisis: Journal of Crisis Intervention & Suicide, 32(4), 194-203.
35. Rurup, M. L., Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D., Jansen-van der Weide, M. C., & van der Wal, G. (2005). When being "tired of living" plays an important role in a request for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide: Patient characteristics and the physician's decision. Health Policy, 74(2), 157-166.
36. Rurup, M. L., Pasman, H. R., Goedhart, J., Deeg, D. J., Kerkhof, A. J., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D. (2011). Understanding why older people develop a wish to die: A qualitative interview study. Crisis: Journal of Crisis Intervention & Suicide, 32(4), 204-216.
37. Rurup, M. L., Pasman, H. R. W., Kerkhof, A. J. F. M., Deeg, D. J. H., & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D. (2011). Older people who are "weary of life": Their expectations for the future and perceived hopelessness [English Abstract]. [Ouderen die "klaar met leven" zijn: Toekomstverwachtingen en ervaren uitzichtloosheid.]. Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 42(4), 159-169.
38. Scocco, P., Meneghel, G., Caon, F., Dello Buono, M., & De Leo, D. (2001). Death ideation and its correlates: Survey of an over-65-year-old population. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 189(4), 210.
39. Seale, C., Addington-Hall, J., & McCarthy, M. (1997). Awareness of dying: Prevalence, causes and consequences. Social Science & Medicine, 45(3), 477-484.