title: [The Chabot case. Assisted suicide from the psychiatric viewpoint].
abstract: The international discussion on physician-assisted dying as well as the recent development in North Australia and Oregon point to a growing tendency to favour assisted suicide as against killing on request--last not least for reasons of public acceptance. The decision of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in a case of suicide assisted by a psychiatrist gives the opportunity to discuss the problem from the psychiatric point of view.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik der TU München.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lauter
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D009426:Netherlands; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*