Bibliography: Physician Assisted Suicide

A. In general

Alvarez, A., The Savage God: A Study of Suicide (New York: Random House, 1970).

Beauchamp, T.L., "Suicide in the Age of Reason," in Suicide and Euthanasia: Historical and Contemporary Themes, ed. B.A. Brody (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989), 172.

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Cooper-Patrick, L., Crum, R., and D.E. Ford, "Identifying Suicidal Ideation in General Medical Patients," JAMA 272(1994): 1757-1762.

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McCleary et al., "Age- and Sex- Specific Cycles in United States Suicides, 1973 - 1985," Am J Pub Hlth 81 (1991) 1494-1497.

Shneidman, E.S., "Some Essentials of Suicide and Some Implications for Response," in Suicide, ed. A. Roy (Baltimore: William and Wilkins, 1986), 4.

Spanjer et al., "Assisted Suicide for Mental Distress," Lancet 345 (1995): 246.

Weissman et al., "Suicidal Ideation & Suicide Attempts in Panic Disorder and Attacks," N Engl J Med 321 (1989): 1209-14.

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Heston et al., "Inadequate Treatment of Depressed Nursing Home Elderly," J Am Ger Soc 40 (1992): 1117-1122.

Kennedy, G.I., "Depression in the Elderly," in Psychiatry 1993, ed. R. Michaels et al., vol. 2 (Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1993): 1-11.

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Lee, M.A., "Depression and Refusal of Life Support in Older People: An Ethical Dilemma," J Am Ger Soc 38 (1990): 710-714.

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Shneidman, E.S., "Rational Suicide and Psychiatric Disorders," N Engl J Med 326 (1992): 889.

Angarola, R.T. and D.E. Joranson, "Pain and Euthanasia: The Need for Alternatives," APS Bull (April/May, 1992): 10.

Block, S. and J.A. Billings, "Patient Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Terminal Illness: The Role of the Psychiatrist," Psychosomatics, 36 (1995).

Breitbart, W., "Suicide in Cancer Patients," Oncology 1 (1987): 49-53.

Brown, J.H. et al., "Is It Normal for Terminally Ill Patients to Desire Death?" Am J Psy 143 (1986): 208-11.

Chochinov, H.M. and K.G. Wilson, "Desire for Death in the Terminally Ill," Am J Psy 17 (1994).

Conwell Y., and E.D. Caine, "Rational Suicide and the Right to Die: Reality and Myth," N Engl J Med 325 (1991): 1100-1103.

Cote, T.R., and A. L. Dannenberg, "Risk of Suicide Among Persons with AIDS: A National Assessment," JAMA 268 (1992): 2066-68.

Foley, K.M., "The Relationship of Pain and Symptom Management to Patient Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide," J Pain Sympt Manag 6 (1991): 289-97.

Glass, R.M., "Editorial: AIDS and Suicide," JAMA 259 (1988): 1369-70.

Hendin, H. and G. Klerman, "Commentary: Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Dangers of Legalization," Am J Psy 150 (1993): 143-45.

Holland, J., "Cancer and Suicide: Less Common and More Predictable Than We Thought," Ann Oncol 2 (1991):8.

Louhivuori, A. and M. Hakama, "Risk of Suicide Among Cancer Patients," Am J of Epi 109 (1979): 59-65.

McKegney, F.P. and M.A. O’Dowd, "Clinical and Research Reports: Suicidiality and HIV Status," Am J Psy 149 (1992): 396-98.

Perry, S., Jacobsberg, L., and B. Fishman, "Suicidal Ideation and HIV Testing," JAMA 263 (1990): 679-82.