Rational suicide?

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Rational Suicide

Suicidal Ideation and Self-Determination in Institutionalized Elderly

Crisis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrée Fortin ◽  
Sylvie Lapierre ◽  
Jacques Baillargeon ◽  
Réal Labelle ◽  
Micheline Dubé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Rational Suicide ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Social Subscale ◽  
Civil Status ◽  
The Right ◽  
Taking Action

The right to self-determination is central to the current debate on rational suicide in old age. The goal of this exploratory study was to assess the presence of self-determination in suicidal institutionalized elderly persons. Eleven elderly persons with serious suicidal ideations were matched according to age, sex, and civil status with 11 nonsuicidal persons. The results indicated that suicidal persons did not differ from nonsuicidal persons in level of self-determination. There was, however, a significant difference between groups on the social subscale. Suicidal elderly persons did not seem to take others into account when making a decision or taking action. The results are discussed from a suicide-prevention perspective.

Margolis on Rational Suicide: An Argument for Case Studies in Ethics

Ethics ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Rational Suicide

Rational Suicide in the Elderly: Mental Illness or Choice?

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. S41-S42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. McCue ◽  
Meera Balasubramaniam ◽  
Elissa Kolva ◽  
Lawrence J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Rational Suicide

scholarly journals Rational Suicide in Late Life: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Medicina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 656
Author(s):  
Carla Gramaglia ◽  
Raffaella Calati ◽  
Patrizia Zeppegno
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Slippery Slope ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Literature Searching ◽  
Rational Suicide ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Mental Competence

Background and Objectives: The complex concept of rational suicide, defined as a well-thought-out decision to die by an individual who is mentally competent, is even more controversial in the case of older adults. Materials and Methods: With the aim of better understanding the concept of rational suicide in older adults, we performed a systematic review of the literature, searching PubMed and Scopus databases and eventually including 23 published studies. Results: The main related topics emerging from the papers were: depression, self-determination, mental competence; physicians’ and population’s perspectives; approach to rational suicide; ageism; slippery slope. Conclusions: Despite contrasting positions and inconsistencies of the studies, the need to carefully investigate and address the expression of suicidal thoughts in older adults, as well as behaviours suggesting “silent” suicidal attitudes, clearly emerges, even in those situations where there is no diagnosable mental disorder. While premature conclusions about the “rationality” of patients’ decision to die should be avoided, the possibility of rational suicide cannot be precluded.

Rational Suicide Among Patients Who Are Terminally Ill

AORN Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon M. Valente ◽  
Donna Trainor
Keyword(s):  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Rational Suicide
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