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Prevalence of depression in granted and refused requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide: a systematic review
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- Published on: 18 May 2017
- Published on: 18 May 2017Re-defining "depression."Show More
I am not a scientist, but I know this issue very well from a practical point of view. I assisted both of my parents with their suicides, and wrote a book about it, entitled "The Last Goodnights" which was published in the U.S. in 2009.
I agree that depression is an important consideration for physicians to take into account, re/ PAS, but this begs the question of: "What is depression?" and perhaps more accurat...
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