title: [Suicide prevention as an ethical problem].
abstract: The modern understanding of suicide as a cry for help has to face the question, whether or not the human right of freedom of the will is respected. A second historically rooted concept rules suicide as an illegal act. A third concept accepts suicide as the ultimate refuge from unbearable suffering. It is problematic, because it does not respect sufficiently the value of human life.
authors.affiliation: Abteiling Geschichte der Medizin, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elkeles
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005610:Freedom; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
vernacular_title: Suizidverhütung als etisches Problem.