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Chapter 26.Physician-Assisted Dying

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    https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615375288.lg26

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    Nomenclature | Status of Physician-Assisted Dying | Landscape of Physician-Assisted Dying in the United States | Individuals Who Pursue Physician-Assisted Death | Psychiatric Practice and Aid in Dying | Conclusion | References

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    Clinicians who take care of patients near the very end of their lives might be surprised to find a chapter on physician-assisted dying (PAD) in a book, aimed at psychiatrists, about suicide risk assessment and management. In the United States, the practice of PAD, often positioned as a “palliative option of last resort,” is an intervention in which terminally ill adults with intact decisional capacity, having met certain qualification steps, may be prescribed a lethal dose of a drug, which they can choose to self-administer, in order to bring about a peaceful death.

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