@article{ref1,
title="Assisted suicide in the care of mentally ill patients: The Lucio Magri's case",
journal="Journal of forensic and legal medicine",
year="2014",
author="Frati, Paola and Gulino, Matteo and Mancarella, Paola and Cecchi, Rossana and Ferracuti, Stefano",
volume="21",
number="",
pages="26-30",
abstract="A year after Mario Monicelli's suicide, the death of another famous person in Italy, Lucio Magri, reawakened the Italian debate on social, ethical and juridical issues in end-of-life decisions. Unlike Monicelli, Lucio Magri decided to end his own life in Switzerland with the help of a physician because his mental illness rendered his life unbearable. Both Monicelli and Magri suffered from a severe depression. The authors analyze the ethical issues regarding the right to die for mentally ill patients and neurological disabled patients, discussing the decision-making autonomy in persons suffering from severe depression. The role of the psychiatry in the management of end-of-life decision requests is considered along with pros and cons of suicide prevention and rationale suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-928X",
doi="10.1016/j.jflm.2013.10.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2013.10.017"
}