TY - BOOK ID - 77923527 TI - Rational suicide : is it possible? : reflections on the suicide of Martin Manley PY - 2014 SN - 1629487295 9781629487298 9781629486666 PB - Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., DB - UniCat KW - Suicide KW - Rational suicide. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Manley, Martin. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77923527 AB - It is slowly becoming accepted that people with terminal illnesses who are suffering physically and mentally from the illness have the moral and legal right to choose suicide and, in some jurisdictions, they have the ability to obtain assistance from others in accomplishing their suicide. Physician-assisted suicide is legal in Oregon and other regions of the USA and in some countries such as Switzerland. However, the presence of a psychiatric disorder in the individual usually makes it illegal for a physician to assist individuals (by prescribing a lethal dose of medication) in dying by suicid ER -