A Review and New Look at Ethical Suicide in Advanced Age
- 1 June 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 33 (3) , 359-365
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/33.3.359
Abstract
Suicide is common in old age, but public opinion remains negative. Following a review of theories of suicide and a summary of arguments against suicide, this essay constructs an argument for why the elderly have a unique claim to an ethical, unobstructed suicide. That claim rests on their “developmental autonomy,” based on the experience and wisdom of the elderly.Keywords
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