Protecting Psychiatric Patients and Others from the Assisted-Suicide Movement Insights and Strategies

Name: Protecting Psychiatric Patients and Others from the Assisted-Suicide Movement Insights and Strategies
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ISBN: 9780275969578

ISBN-10: 0275969576

ISBN-13: 9780275969578

Edition: 2002

Authors: Barbara Olevitch

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Shocked by the fact that, in the Netherlands, psychiatric patients are considered potentially appropriate candidates for physician-assisted suicide, Olevitch examines the research and data and finds that, even in the United States, the situation is threatening. She describes how the rhetoric of the assisted-suicide movement can confuse potential suicide victims and their helpers, and how surrogate medical decisions are a growing threat in the lives of incompetent patients. Olevitch argues the assisted-suicide movement is based not on the level-headed realism its advocates claim, but on a lack of information about up-to-date ways of bringing about psychological wellness, on a misguided panic…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/30/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Foreword



Introduction



Do Psychiatric Patients Need Protection from Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia?



Would Physician-Assisted Suicide Lead to More Suicides?



Would Physician-Assisted Suicide Lead to Euthanasia?



The Beginnings of the Fear of Medical Technology



The Movement to Legalize and Otherwise Promote Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in America



What Mental Health Professionals Can Do



Soothing Fears that Progress in Medicine Will Lead to Financial Disaster



Establishing a Productive Frame of Reference for Psychological Problems



Refusing to Do Consultations That Justify Physician-Assisted Suicide



Insuring the Integrity of Informed Consent



Promoting Palliative Care in Medicine and Mental Health



Taking a Personal Position against Physician-Assisted Suicide


Index