TY - JOUR
T1 - Assisted suicide in the care of mentally ill patients
T2 - The Lucio Magri's case
AU - Frati, Paola
AU - Gulino, Matteo
AU - Mancarella, Paola
AU - Cecchi, Rossana
AU - Ferracuti, Stefano
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Assisted suicide
KW - End-of-life decisions
KW - Mental illness
KW - Neurological disorders
KW - Right to die
KW - Suicide
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.10.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.10.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 24365684
AN - SCOPUS:84888111037
VL - 21
SP - 26
EP - 30
JO - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
JF - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
SN - 1752-928X
ER -