Rapid-Response Treatments for Depression and Requests for Physician-Assisted Death: An Ethical Analysis.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry November 1, 2022 Noah Berens, Scott Yh Kim 12 citations
Depression is common at the end of life, and there is longstanding concern that it may affect terminally ill patients' decisions to request physician-assisted death (PAD). However, it is difficult for clinicians to determine the role of depression in a patient's PAD request. A recent case series described rapid responses to intranasal ketamine in three patients with terminal illness and...
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.07.003 (opens in new tab)
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Depression
Physician-assisted death
Decision-making capacity
Ethics