Practical ethics in suicide : research, policy and clinical decision making / Brian L. Mishara and David N. Weisstub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mishara, Brian L., author.

Weisstub, David N., 1944- author.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.

Suicide.

Suicide--Social aspects.

Suicide--Psychological aspects.

Suicide--Prevention.

Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects.

Assisted suicide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"A practical book using ethical paradigms to understand contemporary challenges in suicide research, practices, and policies. Covering topics like medical assistance in dying, helpline rescue policies and suicide promotion over the internet, it is essential reading for people working in suicide prevention, ethics, law and philosophy of suicide"--

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Ethical Perspectives to Guide Decision-Making

1.1 In the Name of Morality

1.2 Self-Styled Libertarianism

1.3 The Umbrella of Relativism

1.4 The Rationality of Suicide

1.5 The Rational Obligation to Suicide

1.6 The Right to Be Protected from Committing Suicide

1.7 Good Samaritan Law

2 Moral Dilemmas in Helpline Rescue Policies

2.1 Positions of Telephone Helpline Organisations

2.2 The American Association of Suicidology and the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network Positions

2.3 Legal Imperatives, Jurisprudence, and Leeway Given to Helpers

2.4 Imminent But Not Immediate Acts

2.5 Salient Questions

3 Ethical Challenges in Suicide Research

3.1 Vulnerability

3.2 Experimental Methodologies

3.3 Rescue Procedures

3.4 Obtaining Informed Consent

3.5 Deception and Disclosure

3.6 Innovative and Unproven Interventions

3.7 Choice of Participants

3.8 Disclosure of Information Concerning Suicide Risk of Third Parties

3.9 At-Risk and Vulnerable Populations

3.10 Indigenous Participants in Research

3.11 The Interpretation and Dissemination of Results

3.12 Special Issues in Evaluation Research

3.13 New Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Moral Redefinition

3.14 Conclusions and Recommendations

4 The Control of Suicide Promotion over the Internet

4.1 Media Reports on Internet Encouragement of Suicide

4.2 Legal Provisions and Law Reform Projects

4.3 Ethical Presuppositions

4.4 Suicide and the Darknet

4.5 Conclusions

5 Genetic Testing for Suicide Risk Assessment

5.1 Genetics and the Heritability of Suicide

5.2 The Promise of GWAS

5.3 Are There Intrinsic Limitations of Genetics Research to Predict Human Behavioural Traits?

5.4 The Assumption of Commonalities in Suicide and Implications for Prediction

5.5 Possible Reasons for Genetic Testing as Related to Suicide Risk

5.6 Guidelines for Determining If Genetic Testing Is Ethically Acceptable in Relation to Suicide

5.7 A Contemporary Challenge: Lay Use of Genetic Tests to Identify Suicide Risk

5.8 The Obligation for Clinicians to Test and to Inform Individuals and Families of Results (with or Without Consent)

5.9 Specific Issues Concerning Testing Children for Risk of Suicide Later in Life

5.10 General Discussion and Conclusions

6 Suicide and Civil Commitment

6.1 The Transition from Paternalistic Mass Incarceration, to Limiting Forced Hospitalisation, to Considering 'Dangerousness'

6.2 Defining 'Dangerousness'

6.3 Critiques of the Criterion of Dangerousness and the Focus on Competency

6.4 Extrajudicial Practices When There Is Danger to Self: The Case of Helplines

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Feb 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009414920

1009414925

9781009414937

1009414933

9781009414890

1009414895