Psychiatry and Assisted Suicide in the United States

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After years of debate over the ethical and legal issues in physician-assisted suicide, empirical research is beginning to infuse a realistic clinical perspective into this previously theoretical controversy. Studies reveal that a host of practical issues must be examined as we consider whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the United States.The appropriate role of psychiatrists in legalized physician-assisted suicide has yet to be defined. Groenewoud and colleagues, in a survey of Dutch psychiatrists described in this issue of the Journal, raise complex questions.1 When should a psychiatrist be asked to evaluate a patient who requests assistance in suicide? What . . .

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