Department of Psychiatry, Nîmes University Hospital, 585 Chemin du Mas de Lauze, 30900, Nîmes, France.
INSERM u1061, 39 Avenue Charles Flahault, 34090, Montpellier, France.
BMC Med. 2017 Jun 27;15(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0896-3.
Euthanasia motivated by mental disorders is legal in only a few countries and has a short history. In a recent report of all psychiatric euthanasia cases in Belgium between 2002 and 2013, Dierickx and colleagues suggest that the number of these cases is increasing, and provide a profile of the applicants. To date, knowledge of the practice of psychiatric euthanasia is limited, but rising public awareness might increase the number of requests. The authors reveal several shortcomings in cases of psychiatric euthanasia and open avenues for future research.Please see related article: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-017-1369-0.
只有少数几个国家允许出于精神障碍而实施的安乐死,且其历史较短。在最近的一份报告中,Dierickx 及其同事汇总了 2002 年至 2013 年期间比利时所有精神科安乐死案例,报告显示此类案例的数量在增加,并对申请者的情况进行了介绍。迄今为止,对于精神科安乐死实践的了解还很有限,但公众意识的提高可能会增加请求的数量。作者揭示了精神科安乐死案例中的几个缺陷,并为未来的研究开辟了道路。请参见相关文章:https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-017-1369-0。