"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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Human Flourishing & Christian Hippocratism: A Philosophical & Theological Approach to Healthcare & the Good of the Patient. New Bioeth. 2026 Mar; 32(1):14-38.
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Legal Implications of Psychiatric Assessment for Medical Aid in Dying. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2024 09 03; 52(3):347-357.
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Can People Work Together to Create a Self-Administered Act? No. Should They Work Together to Repeal the End of Life Option Act? Yes. Am J Bioeth. 2023 09; 23(9):30-32.
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I know about Jack and you're no Jack Kevorkian. J Vasc Surg. 2010 Aug; 52(2):489-90.
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Taking seriously the "what then?" question: an ethical framework for the responsible management of medical disasters. J Clin Ethics. 2010; 21(4):321-7.
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Physician-assisted suicide: has it come of age? Surgery. 2005 Jul; 138(1):105-8.
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Physician assisted suicide perceptions among patients presenting to family physicians at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2001 Jun; 51(6):233-7.
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Withdrawing very low-burden interventions in chronically ill patients. JAMA. 2000 Feb 23; 283(8):1061-3.
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Why VHA should keep the door to physician-assisted suicide closed. NCCE News. 1996; 4(3):1-2, 9-11.
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The request for assistance in dying. The need for psychiatric consultation. Cancer. 1993 Nov 01; 72(9):2786-91.