Psychiatric assessment of the suicidal terminally ill.

dc.contributor.author Burnell, G M
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-02T15:59:42Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-02T15:59:42Z
dc.date.issued 1995-04
dc.description.abstract Terminally ill patients who refuse life-supporting treatments and express a wish to die are often viewed in the same light as suicidal patients who are medically well. Terminally ill patients who are depressed should be treated with antidepressants, but if the wish to die persists, it should be respected.
dc.identifier.issn 0017-8594
dc.identifier.pubmed 7601679
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10524/62456
dc.language.iso eng
dc.subject.mesh Critical Illness
dc.subject.mesh Depression/etiology/psychology
dc.subject.mesh Informed Consent/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.mesh Intelligence Tests
dc.subject.mesh Living Wills/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.mesh Patient Advocacy/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.mesh Right to Die/legislation & jurisprudence
dc.subject.mesh Suicide
dc.subject.mesh United States
dc.title Psychiatric assessment of the suicidal terminally ill.
dc.type Journal Article
dc.type Review
dc.type.dcmi Text
prism.number 4
prism.pagerange 510-3
prism.publicationname Hawaii medical journal
prism.volume 54
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