@article{ref1,
title="The concept of rational suicide",
journal="Journal of medicine and philosophy",
year="1986",
author="Mayo, D. J.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="143-155",
abstract="Suicide has historically been condemned on theological grounds and, more recently, as symptomatic of emotional disturbance and mental illness. However, the indiscriminate use of modern life-sustaining technologies has led to an interest in voluntary euthanasia on the grounds of compassion and self determination and to a revived discussion of rational suicide. Proponents of rational suicide defend the practice as a competent decision when it is made on the basis of realistic beliefs and in the light of the person's fundamental interests and long-term values. The most obvious cases of rational suicide involve the termination of suffering, but Mayo also considers reasons other than self-interest. These include self-sacrificial suicides that advance altruistic values and expressive suicides that demonstrate a fundamental interest in a cause or situation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0360-5310",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}