title: Rational suicide among the elderly.
abstract: Old age, in and of itself, should never need to be a cause for self-destruction. But suicide and assisted suicide carried out in the face of terminal illness causing unbearable suffering should be ethically and legally acceptable. This paper outlines a perspective on rational suicide--the final exit--among the elderly.
authors.affiliation: National Hemlock Society.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Humphry
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*