Assisted suicide in the care of mentally ill patients: The Lucio Magri's case

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• 作者：Paola Frati ; Matteo Gulino ; Paola Mancarella ; Rossana Cecchi ; Stefano Ferracuti
• 关键词：End-of-life decisions ; Assisted suicide ; Suicide ; Right to die ; Mental illness ; Neurological disorders
• 刊名：Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：21
• 期：Complete
• 页码：26-30
• 全文大小：209 K

文摘

A year after Mario Monicelli's suicide, the death of another famous person in Italy, Lucio Magri, reawakened the Italian debate on social, ethical and juridical issues in end-of-life decisions. Unlike Monicelli, Lucio Magri decided to end his own life in Switzerland with the help of a physician because his mental illness rendered his life unbearable. Both Monicelli and Magri suffered from a severe depression. The authors analyze the ethical issues regarding the right to die for mentally ill patients and neurological disabled patients, discussing the decision-making autonomy in persons suffering from severe depression. The role of the psychiatry in the management of end-of-life decision requests is considered along with pros and cons of suicide prevention and rationale suicide.