Assisted suicide for prisoners? Stakeholder and prisoner perspectives.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_E289B451FEED
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Assisted suicide for prisoners? Stakeholder and prisoner perspectives.
Journal
Death Studies
Author(s)
Shaw D.M., Elger B.S.
ISSN
1091-7683 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0748-1187
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
40
Number
8
Pages
479-485
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: ARTICLEPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
For a wider project on aging in prison, the authors interviewed 35 older prisoners and 24 stakeholders (prison staff, prison healthcare professionals, and policy makers) about healthcare for prisoners. In all, 6 prisoners and 3 stakeholders spontaneously expressed their attitudes concerning assisted suicide. Some prisoners seek assisted suicide for medical reasons and others because they regard spending the rest of their lives in prison as undignified. However, stakeholders identified several ethical and practical challenges in providing assisted suicide to prisoners. This article presents these perspectives on assisted suicide in prison and provides an ethical analysis of the issues raised.
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Web of science
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09/08/2016 11:37
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