Citation

Poma SZ, Vicentini S, Siviero F, Grossi A, Toniolo E, Baldo V, Leo DD. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2014; 45(4): 391-398.

Affiliation

Department of Mental Health - Local Health Authority (ULSS 18) of Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12138

PMID

25382548

Abstract

A survey about opinions on end-of-life issues of a population represented by 1,171 people in the waiting room of general practitioners' surgeries was conducted in a province of northern Italy. Most subjects did not consider suicide as a reasonable option even in cases of a serious and incurable disease. Moreover, subjects did not consider euthanasia as a possible option either; however, they did express an opposite attitude when considering euthanasia in a third-person perspective. People with a personal history of suicidal behavior appear to present as a different population, overall expressing more open attitudes.

Language: en