title: When a patient requests help committing suicide.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, Palliative Care Initiative, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Muskin
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression; D004645:Empathy; D009042:Motivation; D010166:Palliative Care; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D011640:Public Policy; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology