ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
"Only One Way Out"-Partners' Experiences and Grief Related to the Death of Their Loved One by Suicide or Physician-Assisted Dying Due to a Mental Disorder.
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- "Reconciling"- conceptualising the grieving process of family members involved in assisted dying: a grounded formal theory.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- 'It Simply Required Far Too Many Steps and Made You Feel You Were Just a Number'. Family Caregivers' Experiences With Assisted Suicide in Austria: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- [Relatives in the context of assisted dying: challenges and support needs].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Article
- What do suicide loss survivors think of physician-assisted suicide: a comparative analysis of suicide loss survivors and the general population in Germany.BMC medical ethics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Previous research has provided insight into the grief of suicide survivors, but little is known about grief following physician-assisted dying (PAD), and no prior study specifically focused on grief following PAD due to a mental disorder. The current study aims to increase insight into experiences preceding PAD or suicide of a loved one due to a mental disorder and their impact on mental health symptoms. Methods: We performed a survey study and in-depth interviews with 27 bereaved life partners. The deceased had been in treatment for mental disorders and had died by PAD ( Results: All participants reported generally low levels of mental health symptoms. Longer time since death and death by PAD were associated with lower grief intensity. Interviews showed various degrees of expectedness of the partners Conclusion: Expectedness of the death of the partner, absence of suffering of the partner at the time of dying, and presence of physician support may in part explain the protective effects of PAD against severe grief reactions. Physicians considering their position regarding their personal involvement in PAD due to a mental disorder could take grief reactions of the bereaved partner into account.
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