Citation

Nicolini ME, Gastmans C, Kim SYH. Br. J. Psychiatry 2022; 220(1): 10-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.2021.95

PMID

35045892

PMCID

PMC8777112

Abstract

The preponderance of women among persons who request and receive euthanasia and assisted suicide based on a psychiatric condition, as shown by data from The Netherlands and Belgium, is virtually unexplored. We provide a critical discussion of this gender gap, and propose that it can inform a key debate point in the controversy over the practice, namely its conflict with suicide prevention.

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; ethics; assisted suicide; Euthanasia; psychiatry and law