Psychiatry's last taboo

• Autores: Clare Wilson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3083, 2016, págs. 16-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Like many psychiatrists, Paulan Starcke sometimes sees patients in such mental torment that they have tried to kill themselves. When Starcke differs is that occasionally, after much discussion with the patient, their family and other doctors, she helps them to do it. Starcke prepares a lethal dose of barbiturate sedatives, either in the form of an injection or a medicine that can be drunk. She sits with her patient as they die and, at the end, certifies their death. She considers this her final professional duty to them. Here, Wilson details complex issue of assisted suicide for mentally ill patients