| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) |
| Contents |
Can Suicide in the Elderly Be Rational? / Lawrence J. Nelson, Erick Ramirez -- Would This Be Rational Suicide? / Robert E. McCue -- Rational Suicide and the Law / Lawrence J. Nelson -- Refractory Depression and the Right to Terminate Active Treatment / Barbara R. Sommer, Kristin S. Raj -- A Psychological History of Ageism and Its Implications for Elder Suicide / Alan Pope -- Rational Suicide in the Elderly: Anthropological Perspectives / Simon Dein -- Life's Meaning and Late Life Rational Suicide / Jukka Varelius -- Baby Boomers and Rational Suicide / Robert E. McCue -- Who Are the Elderly Who Want to End Their Lives? / Gary Cheung, Frederick Sundram -- Psychological Issues in Late-Life Suicide / Elissa Kolva, Darryl Etter -- A Psychodynamic Perspective on Suicidal Desire in the Elderly / Meera Balasubramaniam -- Impact of Psychotherapy on Rational Suicide / Darryl Etter, Elissa Kolva -- Spirituality, Religion, and Rational Suicide / Joshua Briscoe, Warren Kinghorn -- Classic Psychedelics and Rational Suicide in the Elderly: Exploring the Potential Utility of a Reemerging Treatment Paradigm / Peter S. Hendricks, Charles S. Grob |
| Summary |
"This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when chronically ill than any other demographic. Its frame of reference does not endorse a single point-of-view about the legitimacy of rational suicide, which is evolving across societies with little guidance for geriatric mental health professionals. Instead, it serves as a resource for both those clinicians who agree that older people may rationally commit suicide and those who believe that this wish may require further assessment and treatment. The first chapters of the book provides an overview of rational suicide in the elderly, examining it through history and across cultures also addressing the special case of baby boomers. This book takes an ethical and philosophical look at whether suicide can truly be rational and whether the nearness of death in late-life adults means that suicide should be considered differently than in younger adults. Clinical criteria for rational suicide in the elderly are proposed in this book for the first time, as well as a guidelines for the psychosocial profile of an older adult who wants to commit rational suicide. Unlike any other book, this text examines the existential, psychological, and psychodynamic perspectives. A chapter on terminal mental illness and a consideration of suicide in that context and proposed interventions even without a diagnosable mental illness also plays a vital role in this book as these are key issues in within the question of suicide among the elderly. This book is the first to consider all preventative measures, including the spiritual as well as the psychotherapeutic, and pharmacologic. A commentary on modern society, aging, and rational suicide that ties all of these elements together, making this the ultimate guide for addressing suicide among the elderly. Rational Suicide in the Elderly is an excellent resource for all medical professionals with potentially suicidal patients, including geriatricians, geriatric and general psychiatrists, geriatric nurses, social workers, and public health officials."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 11, 2019) |
| Subject |
Rational suicide.
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Older people -- Suicidal behavior
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Older people.
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Decision making.
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Suicide.
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Human beings.
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Aged
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Humans
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Right to Die -- ethics
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Decision Making
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Sociological Factors
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Suicide
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elderly.
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decision making.
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suicides.
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Homo sapiens (species)
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Psychiatry.
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Psychotherapy.
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Public health & preventive medicine.
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General practice.
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Geriatric medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Suicide
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Older people
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Decision making
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Rational suicide
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McCue, Robert E., editor.
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Balasubramaniam, Meera, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319326726 |
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3319326724 |
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