"Right to Die" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The right of the patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with regard to the patient's dying.
| Descriptor ID |
D012297
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650.952 N03.706.437.650.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Right to Die" by people in Profiles.
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Dying Alone Due to COVID-19: Do the Needs of the Many Outweigh the Rights of the Few-or the One? Front Public Health. 2020; 8:593464.
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[COVID-19: Letting elderly patients die violates human dignity and the right to life]. Rev Med Chil. 2020 11; 148(11):1700-1701.
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Death, Dying, and Dignity in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Palliat Med. 2020 10; 23(10):1294-1295.
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For End-of-Life Care, Fresh Challenges Begin. Tex Med. 2018 Mar 01; 114(3):24-29.
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Australian state of Victoria passes assisted dying bill. Lancet Respir Med. 2018 03; 6(3):182.
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The Right to Live with Dignity and the Right to Die with Dignity. J Palliat Med. 2017 11; 20(11):1186.
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Man with motor neurone disease challenges ban on assisted suicide. BMJ. 2017 Jan 09; 356:j139.
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Medically assisted suicide: Recent jurisprudence and the challenges for law reform. J Law Med. 2016 Jun; 23(4):735-61.
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[From eternity to assisted suicide]. Rev Med Suisse. 2012 Jun 27; 8(347):1426-7.
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[Dying with dignity. A study of living wills]. Gac Sanit. 2010 Nov-Dec; 24(6):437-45.