Japanese Psychiatrists' Attitudes toward Patients Wishing to Die in the General Hospital: A Cultural Perspective

In 1961 in Japan, the son of a hospitalized man suffering from severe pain after a stroke mixed a cup of milk with insecticide and arranged for his unsuspecting mother to give this to the patient, who had requested that his son assist him in dying. The son could not endure his father's conditio...

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Authors: Berger, Douglas (Author) ; Takahashi, Yoshitomo (Author) ; Fukunishi, Isao (Author) ; Hosaka, Takashi (Author) ; O'Dowd, Mary Alice (Author) ; Ono, Yutaka (Author) ; Kuboki, Tomifusa (Author) ; Ishikawa, Yoshihiro (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1997
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 470-479
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Summary:In 1961 in Japan, the son of a hospitalized man suffering from severe pain after a stroke mixed a cup of milk with insecticide and arranged for his unsuspecting mother to give this to the patient, who had requested that his son assist him in dying. The son could not endure his father's condition and killed him in order to show his love.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100008215