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The Opinions of GP's Patients About Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Suicide Prevention: An Italian Survey

Author(s) -

Poma Stefano Za,

Vicentini Silvia,

Siviero Francesca,

Grossi Antonello,

Toniolo Emanuele,

Baldo Vincenzo,

Leo Diego De

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

suicide and life‐threatening behavior

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1943-278X

pISSN - 0363-0234

DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12138

Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , assisted suicide , suicide prevention , population , psychiatry , physician assisted suicide , medicine , suicidal behavior , disease , psychology , family medicine , poison control , medical emergency , environmental health , artificial intelligence , computer science , pathology

A survey about opinions on end‐of‐life issues of a population represented by 1,171 people in the waiting room of general practitioners' surgeries was conducted in a province of northern Italy. Most subjects did not consider suicide as a reasonable option even in cases of a serious and incurable disease. Moreover, subjects did not consider euthanasia as a possible option either; however, they did express an opposite attitude when considering euthanasia in a third‐person perspective. People with a personal history of suicidal behavior appear to present as a different population, overall expressing more open attitudes.

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