Psychiatric euthanasia, suicide and the role of gender.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1192/bjp.2021.95 and PMC identifier 8777112.
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Abstract
The preponderance of women among persons who request and receive euthanasia and assisted suicide based on a psychiatric condition, as shown by data from The Netherlands and Belgium, is virtually unexplored. We provide a critical discussion of this gender gap, and propose that it can inform a key debate point in the controversy over the practice, namely its conflict with suicide prevention.
Medical subject headings
- Euthanasia
- Mental Disorders
- Suicide, Assisted