"Suicide, Assisted" 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.
Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D017236
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.850 F01.145.126.980.875.300 I01.880.735.856.300 N02.421.585.905.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Suicide, Assisted- Suicide, Assisted
- Assisted Suicides
- Suicides, Assisted
- Death, Assisted
- Assisted Death
- Assisted Deaths
- Deaths, Assisted
- Assisted Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide- Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Physician Assisted Suicide
- Physician-Assisted Suicides
- Suicide, Physician-Assisted
- Suicides, Physician-Assisted
Medically Assisted Suicide- Medically Assisted Suicide
- Suicides, Medically Assisted
- Suicide, Medically Assisted
- Medically Assisted Suicides
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in this website by year, and whether "Suicide, Assisted" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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The Ethics of Dying: Deciphering Pandemic-Resultant Pressures That Influence Elderly Patients' Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Decisions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 21; 18(16).
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E-Survey of Stressors and Protective Factors in Practicing Medical Assistance in Dying. J Palliat Med. 2021 Sep; 24(10):1489-1496.
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Euthanasia, medically assisted dying or assisted suicide: time for psychiatrists to say no. Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Apr; 28(2):160-163.
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The advocates of euthanasia in patients with mental illness are going in the wrong direction. Br J Psychiatry. 2019 03; 214(3):171.
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Drawing the line on physician-assisted death. J Med Ethics. 2019 03; 45(3):190-197.
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Aircraft-Assisted Pilot Suicides in the General Aviation Increased for One-Year Period after 11 September 2001 Attack in the United States. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 11 12; 15(11).
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Physicians' Attitudes Toward Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Italy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 12; 56(6):e1-e3.
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Ethics and the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide. Ann Intern Med. 2018 06 05; 168(11):834.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Emerging Issues From a Global Perspective. J Palliat Care. 2018 Oct; 33(4):197-203.
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Copycats in Pilot Aircraft-Assisted Suicides after the Germanwings Incident. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 03 11; 15(3).