Till Death Do Us Part: The Lived Experience of an Elderly Couple Who Chose to End Their Lives by Spousal Self-euthanasia | Zendy

Els van Wijngaarden | Zendy; Carlo Leget | Zendy; Anne Goossensen | Zendy

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Till Death Do Us Part: The Lived Experience of an Elderly Couple Who Chose to End Their Lives by Spousal Self-euthanasia

Author(s) -

Els van Wijngaarden,

Carlo Leget,

Anne Goossensen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnv060

Subject(s) - chose , wish , existentialism , psychology , emptiness , perspective (graphical) , thematic analysis , psychology of self , alienation , qualitative research , identity (music) , lived experience , social psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , aesthetics , law , social science , philosophy , theology , artificial intelligence , political science , anthropology , computer science

This article provides the first qualitative account of spousal self-euthanasia in older people, a previously unexplored phenomenon. It investigates the lived experience of a Dutch elderly couple who strongly wished-and chose-to die together at a self-directed moment, despite not suffering from a life-threatening disease or severe depression. It describes their subjective experiences and considerations prior to their self-chosen death.

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