Background Respect for autonomy is a key concept in contemporary bioethics and end-of-
life ethics in particular. Despite this status, an individualistic interpretation of autonomy is …

Background Dignity is omnipresent in Western ethics, but it also provokes dissension and
controversy. One of the most striking examples is the debate on medically assisted death …

Rationale There is a paucity of empirical studies exploring wishes to die (WTD) in older
adults without a life-threatening disease or psychiatric disorder, especially on how these …

This paper explores the concept of the completed life outlined in recent writing in the
Netherlands on euthanasia and assisted suicide and its implications for ageing studies …

Abstract In 2002, the Dutch Euthanasia Act was put in place to regulate the ending of one's
life, permitting a physician to provide assistance in dying to a patient whose suffering the …

As the body of research on suicide in later life has developed, so has its vocabulary. This
has generated a high level of overlap in concepts and terminology used to articulate suicide …

The aims of this present study were to explore the use and meaning of metaphors and
images about aging in older people with a death wish and to elucidate what these …

Background After significant early interest in aging and dying, recent empirical studies have
been few and theoretically fragmented. Objective The aims of this review were to map what …

Quantitative research has called attention to the burden associated with informal caregiving
in home nursing arrangements. Less emphasis has been placed, however, on care …

This commentary addresses the increasing public health problem of suicide in later life and
presents the case for preventing suicide in residential long-term care settings. We do so by …