Resumen de Suicide in Later Life: Failed Treatment or Rational Choice?
Suicide is the deliberate act of causing death by self-directed injurious behavior with intent to die. Assisted dying, also known as assisted suicide, involves others to help hasten death. Physician-assisted dying specifically refers to the participation of a physician in facilitating one�s death by providing a lethal means. Any decision to actively end a life has profound emotional and psychological effects on survivors. The article discusses the effects that older adults� deaths through suicide, assisted dying, and physician-assisted dying have on survivors and the implications for clinical practice.
