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Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults
Author | : Diego De Leo |
Publsiher | : Seattle ; Toronto : Hogrefe & Huber |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : UOM:39015054192730 |
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Cultural aspects of aging, suicide among the elderly, and euthanasia are addressed in this collection of work by contributors in psychiatry, suicide research, and medical ethics. Chapters overview the relationship between socio-economic, psychological, and family factors and suicidal behavior and look at physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The role of the elderly and attitudes toward euthanasia and assisted suicide are described in nine countries, including Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Hong Kong, and Australia. This work lacks a subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
Rational Suicide in the Elderly
Author | : Robert E. McCue,Meera Balasubramaniam |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9783319326726 |
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This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when chronically ill than any other demographic. Its frame of reference does not endorse a single point-of-view about the legitimacy of rational suicide, which is evolving across societies with little guidance for geriatric mental health professionals. Instead, it serves as a resource for both those clinicians who agree that older people may rationally commit suicide and those who believe that this wish may require further assessment and treatment. The first chapters of the book provides an overview of rational suicide in the elderly, examining it through history and across cultures also addressing the special case of baby boomers. This book takes an ethical and philosophical look at whether suicide can truly be rational and whether the nearness of death in late-life adults means that suicide should be considered differently than in younger adults. Clinical criteria for rational suicide in the elderly are proposed in this book for the first time, as well as a guidelines for the psychosocial profile of an older adult who wants to commit rational suicide. Unlike any other book, this text examines the existential, psychological, and psychodynamic perspectives. A chapter on terminal mental illness and a consideration of suicide in that context and proposed interventions even without a diagnosable mental illness also plays a vital role in this book as these are key issues in within the question of suicide among the elderly. This book is the first to consider all preventative measures, including the spiritual as well as the psychotherapeutic, and pharmacologic. A commentary on modern society, aging, and rational suicide that ties all of these elements together, making this the ultimate guide for addressing suicide among the elderly. Rational Suicide in the Elderly is an excellent resource for all medical professionals with potentially suicidal patients, including geriatricians, geriatric and general psychiatrists, geriatric nurses, social workers, and public health officials.
Suicide Among the Elderly in Long Term Care Facilities
Author | : Nancy Osgood,Barbara Brant,Aaron P. Lipman |
Publsiher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : UOM:39015019567547 |
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This is the first large-scale study of suicide in a population of institutionalized older adults. From their findings, the authors identify the most at risk groups and highlight the major factors contributing to suicide in older adults in institutions. The study described in this work employed a sample survey design. More than 1000 administrators of long-term care facilities in the United States were randomly selected and surveyed about their staff and facilities, and the incidence and type of suicidal behaviors which occurred among residents in 1984 and 1985. Results of the study confirmed that suicidal behavior occurred in approximately 20 percent of the facilities who responded. High risk groups of residents included white males and the old-old (75 years and older). The survey reveals that certain environmental factors such as the size of the facility, staff turnover rate, per diem cost, and auspices (public, private, and religious) were related to the occurrence and outcome of suicidal behavior. Suggestions for suicide prevention, based on these findings, are also presented. The book is divided into three parts. Part One examines various types of long-term care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and adult homes. Part Two highlights design, methodology, and findings from the national study of suicide in long-term care facilities. Case profiles of suicidal residents are included to provide a more personal account of suicide behavior, and to illustrate important factors in the older individual's decision to end her/his life. Case profiles of four institutions are also included to highlight environmental factors related to suicidal behavior. Part Three focuses on suicide prevention. Suggestions on the treatment of depression in the elderly, suicide prevention techniques, and the ethics of suicide are discussed in detail. This book makes valuable reading for professionals involved in the care of the elderly.
Physician Assisted Death
Author | : James M. Humber,Robert F. Almeder,Gregg A. Kasting |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 1994-02-04 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781592594481 |
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Physician-Assisted Death is the eleventh volume of Biomedical Ethics Reviews. We, the editors, are pleased with the response to the series over the years and, as a result, are happy to continue into a second decade with the same general purpose and zeal. As in the past, contributors to projected volumes have been asked to summarize the nature of the literature, the prevailing attitudes and arguments, and then to advance the discussion in some way by staking out and arguing forcefully for some basic position on the topic targeted for discussion. For the present volume on Physician-Assisted Death, we felt it wise to enlist the services of a guest editor, Dr. Gregg A. Kasting, a practicing physician with extensive clinical knowledge of the various problems and issues encountered in discussing physician assisted death. Dr. Kasting is also our student and just completing a graduate degree in philosophy with a specialty in biomedical ethics here at Georgia State University. Apart from a keen interest in the topic, Dr. Kasting has published good work in the area and has, in our opinion, done an excellent job in taking on the lion's share of editing this well-balanced and probing set of essays. We hope you will agree that this volume significantly advances the level of discussion on physician-assisted euthanasia. Incidentally, we wish to note that the essays in this volume were all finished and committed to press by January 1993.
Aging Decisions at the End of Life
Author | : David N. Weisstub,David C. Thomasma,S. Gauthier,G.F. Tomossy |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2013-03-14 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9789401596824 |
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Decisions at the End of Life is the last volume in a trilogy on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines examine some of the most emotive topics in the study of aging: assessing quality of life, improving end-of-life care, palliative care, euthanasia, and consent to research.
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Author | : David Albert Jones,Chris Gastmans,Calum MacKellar |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2017-09-21 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781107198869 |
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In this book, a global panel of experts considers the international implications of legalised euthanasia based on experiences from Belgium.
Now I Lay Me Down
Author | : David Lester,Margot Tallmer |
Publsiher | : Charles Press Pubs(PA) |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : UOM:39015026820889 |
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Suicide in the elderly : an overview / David Lester -- Symptoms and assessment of suicide in the elderly patient / Margot Tallmer -- Suicide across the life span with particular reference to the elderly / Antoon A. Leenaars -- Psychiatric treatment of the elderly suicidal patient / Bruce L. Danto and Joan M. Danto -- Individual and group therapy for the suicidal older person / Margot Tallmer -- Family therapy for the suicidal elderly / Joseph Richman -- Gender issues in counseling the suicidal elderly / Silvia Sara Canetto -- Psychiatric management of the suicidal elderly / Henry Rosenvinge -- Suicidal elders in long-term care facilities : preventive approaches and management / Nancy J. Osgood and Nancy R. Covey -- Social work and the suicidal older person / Elizabeth J. Clark -- The elderly suicide : those left behind / Rochelle Balter.??Helping the suicidal elderly : a Hungarian perspective / Bea?ta Temesva?ry -- Alternatives to suicide / Robert Kastenbaum -- Sara Teasdale : case study of a completed suicide / David Lester -- Subintentioned life-threatening behavior in the elderly : the story of Myra / Lenore S. Powell -- Assisted suicide and the elderly / David Lester.
Suicide in Later Life
Author | : Nancy J. Osgood |
Publsiher | : Free Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : UOM:39015025380497 |
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For many, the "golden years" are so tarnished they long for an ending. All too often, those who are closest to the elderly miss the warning signs. Here Nancy Osgood describes the symptoms to watch for and addresses the question of how we as a nation can change our attitudes and behavior toward the elderly and take steps to help reduce their risk of suicide.