"Suicide, Assisted" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D017236
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.850 F01.145.126.980.875.300 I01.880.735.856.300 N02.421.585.905.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Suicide, Assisted- Suicide, Assisted
- Assisted Suicides
- Suicides, Assisted
- Death, Assisted
- Assisted Death
- Assisted Deaths
- Deaths, Assisted
- Assisted Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide- Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Physician Assisted Suicide
- Physician-Assisted Suicides
- Suicide, Physician-Assisted
- Suicides, Physician-Assisted
Medically Assisted Suicide- Medically Assisted Suicide
- Suicides, Medically Assisted
- Suicide, Medically Assisted
- Medically Assisted Suicides
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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It Takes a Heart to Save a Family. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec; 102(6):1782-1783.
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Palliative and end-of-life care in lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest. 2013 May; 143(5 Suppl):e498S-e512S.
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Predictors of attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide. Omega (Westport). 2003; 47(2):107-17.
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Nurses' and social workers' experience with patients who requested assistance with suicide. N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 19; 347(25):2082-3; author reply 2082-3.
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U.K. physicians' attitudes toward active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Death Stud. 2002 Jul-Aug; 26(6):479-90.
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UK geriatricians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death. Age Ageing. 2001 Sep; 30(5):395-8.
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Historical, ethical, and legal aspects of assisted suicide. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1998 Mar-Apr; 9(2):34-44.
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Ethical dilemmas in HIV/AIDS care: should a nurse participate in a patient's suicide? J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1998 Jan-Feb; 9(1):82-3.
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Attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia among physicians in South Carolina and Washington. Omega (Westport). 1997-1998; 36(3):201-18.
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Attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia among physicians in South Carolina. J S C Med Assoc. 1996 Sep; 92(9):395-9.