title: Kevorkian, Martha Wichorek and us: a personal account.
abstract: In this short article, the authors describe their attempt to do suicide-prevention with a patient that ultimately died as the result of a physician-assisted suicide. Autopsy revealed no sign of physical disease but the patient's letters indicate a preoccupation with independence as the definition of life, and conviction that people who lose independence are no longer alive.
authors.affiliation: Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, 2929 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616-3390, USA.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leonhardi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D009042:Motivation; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*