Category: Suicide

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Do life and death begin and end with an individual, God, or medical practitioners? The discussion on medically assisted suicide, MAS, has been taking unprecedented directions over the last few years, making it a controversial legal and ethical issue. According to the ProCon organization (2022), 66.3% of…

Marcovitz (2010) defines suicide simply as the act of killing oneself. It is considered a mental condition because it is usually mired with a lot of despair and depression. According to Health Guide (2012), there are several characteristics that a person contemplating suicide exhibits. One such characteristic is the giving away of personal belongings. The…

Suicide is a widespread cause of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014), approximately 41149 people ended their lives in this way. Furthermore, the number of attempted suicides was even greater. In turn, it is essential to identify at-risk groups and recognize the typical symptoms exhibited by…

Table of Contents The Dynamic of Suicide Suicide and the Moral Dilemma Characteristics of Suicide Committers Similarities between Homicide and Suicide The Triage Assessment Form Use in Addressing Lethality References The Dynamic of Suicide There are several suicide dynamics. The first dynamic is the precipitating condition. It entails the overwhelming of the suicidal individuals leaving…

Developed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 2010, the documentary film Medical tourist provides a story on the last days of Craig Ewert, a native of Chicago who goes on a tour to Switzerland for physician-assisted suicide. The story is quite fascinating but sad. First, the article attempts to show that patients who go…