Protecting psychiatric patients and others from the assisted-suicide movement : insights and strategies / Barbara A. Olevitch ; foreword by N. Gregory Hamilton ; foreword by Albert Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olevitch, Barbara A.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill--Care.

Mentally ill.

Psychotherapy patients--Care.

Psychotherapy patients.

Assisted suicide.

Euthanasia.

Physical Description:

xvi, 203 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. ; London : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Examines the facts, arguments, and research about the assisted-suicide movement, with one over-riding concern--the threat to psychiatric patients. The book offers mental health professionals the insights and encouragement to take on the task of protecting patients from this movement.

Contents:

Part I Do Psychiatric Patients Need Protection from Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia? 9

1 Would Physician-Assisted Suicide Lead to More Suicides? 11

2 Would Physician-Assisted Suicide Lead to Euthanasia? 35

3 The Beginnings of the Fear of Medical Technology 53

4 The Movement to Legalize and Otherwise Promote Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in America 71

Part II What Mental Health Professionals Can Do 95

5 Soothing Fears that Progress in Medicine Will Lead to Financial Disaster 97

6 Establishing a Productive Frame of Reference for Psychological Problems 115

7 Refusing to Do Consultations That Justify Physician-Assisted Suicide 135

8 Insuring the Integrity of Informed Consent 149

9 Promoting Palliative Care in Medicine and Mental Health 161

10 Taking a Personal Position against Physician-Assisted Suicide 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0275969576

OCLC:

49421643