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dc.contributor.authorFischer, S.-
dc.contributor.authorHuber, C.A.-
dc.contributor.authorFurter, M.-
dc.contributor.authorImhof, Lorenz-
dc.contributor.authorMahrer Imhof, Romy-
dc.contributor.authorSchwarzenegger, C.-
dc.contributor.authorZiegler, S.J.-
dc.contributor.authorBosshard, G.-
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-01T14:59:35Z-
dc.date.available2018-11-01T14:59:35Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.issn1424-7860de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1424-3997de_CH
dc.identifier.issn0036-7672de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/12457-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Assisted suicide is permitted in Switzerland provided that assistance is not motivated by selfish reasons. Suicides are commonly performed with the assistance of right-to-die organisations and the use of a lethal dose of barbiturates prescribed by a participating physician. We examined the reasons physicians provided for writing the prescription and the reasons patients gave for requesting assistance in dying. Methods: We analysed all reported cases of assisted suicide that were facilitated by right-to-die organisations between 2001 and 2004 in the city of Zurich, and for which both the medical report and the optional letter written by the decedent providing information on their reasons for seeking assistance in suicide (N = 165). Results: The reasons most often reported by physicians (ph), as well as persons who sought help (p), were: pain (ph: 56% of all assisted suicides, p: 58%), need for long-term care (ph: 37%, p: 39%), neurological symptoms (ph: 35%, p: 32%), immobility (ph: 23%, p: 30%) and dyspnoea (ph: 23%, p: 23%). Control of circumstances over death (ph: 12%, p: 39%); loss of dignity (ph: 6%, p: 38%); weakness (ph: 13%, p: 26%); less able to engage in activities that make life enjoyable (ph: 6%, p: 18%); and insomnia and loss of concentration (ph: 4%, p: 13%) were significantly more often mentioned by decedents than by physicians. Conclusions: Both prescribing physicians and;patients provided with assistance to die quite often mentioned pain and other concerns, many of which were objectively assessable and related to unbearable suffering or unreasonable disability. Concerns referable to autonomy and individual judgement were more often noted by people seeking help than by the prescribing physicians.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherEMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlagde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofSwiss Medical Weeklyde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectRight-to-diede_CH
dc.subjectAssistedde_CH
dc.subjectDyingde_CH
dc.subjectSuicidede_CH
dc.subject.ddc150: Psychologiede_CH
dc.subject.ddc362: Gesundheits- und Sozialdienstede_CH
dc.titleReasons why people in Switzerland seek assisted suicide : the view of patients and physiciansde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementGesundheitde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Pflege (IPF)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-2741-
dc.identifier.doi10.4414/smw.2009.12614de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue23-24de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end338de_CH
zhaw.pages.start333de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume139de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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Fischer, S., Huber, C. A., Furter, M., Imhof, L., Mahrer Imhof, R., Schwarzenegger, C., Ziegler, S. J., & Bosshard, G. (2009). Reasons why people in Switzerland seek assisted suicide : the view of patients and physicians. Swiss Medical Weekly, 139(23-24), 333–338. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2741
Fischer, S. et al. (2009) ‘Reasons why people in Switzerland seek assisted suicide : the view of patients and physicians’, Swiss Medical Weekly, 139(23-24), pp. 333–338. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2741.
S. Fischer et al., “Reasons why people in Switzerland seek assisted suicide : the view of patients and physicians,” Swiss Medical Weekly, vol. 139, no. 23-24, pp. 333–338, 2009, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2741.
FISCHER, S., C.A. HUBER, M. FURTER, Lorenz IMHOF, Romy MAHRER IMHOF, C. SCHWARZENEGGER, S.J. ZIEGLER und G. BOSSHARD, 2009. Reasons why people in Switzerland seek assisted suicide : the view of patients and physicians. Swiss Medical Weekly. 2009. Bd. 139, Nr. 23-24, S. 333–338. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-2741
Fischer, S., C.A. Huber, M. Furter, Lorenz Imhof, Romy Mahrer Imhof, C. Schwarzenegger, S.J. Ziegler, and G. Bosshard. 2009. “Reasons Why People in Switzerland Seek Assisted Suicide : The View of Patients and Physicians.” Swiss Medical Weekly 139 (23-24): 333–38. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2741.
Fischer, S., et al. “Reasons Why People in Switzerland Seek Assisted Suicide : The View of Patients and Physicians.” Swiss Medical Weekly, vol. 139, no. 23-24, 2009, pp. 333–38, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2741.


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