"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in this website by year, and whether "Suicide, Assisted" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Suicide, Assisted" by people in Profiles.
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A Moratorium on the Euphemism MAID. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Jun; 25(6):105004.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Perils of Empirical Ethical Research. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 08 02; 2(8):e198628.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: Against Medical Neutrality. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 08; 34(8):1372.
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Conscience and the Way of Medicine. Perspect Biol Med. 2019; 62(3):560-575.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Emerging Issues From a Global Perspective. J Palliat Care. 2018 Oct; 33(4):197-203.
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Sedation and care at the end of life. Theor Med Bioeth. 2018 06; 39(3):171-180.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: Why Neutrality by Organized Medicine Is Neither Neutral Nor Appropriate. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 08; 33(8):1394-1399.
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Ending Life in the ICU: The Vacuity of Sanctity. Crit Care Med. 2017 06; 45(6):e628.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the ICU: A Dialogue on Core Ethical Issues. Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb; 45(2):149-155.
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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. JAMA. 2016 Oct 18; 316(15):1600.