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WIENER MEDIZINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT
Volume 164, Issue 9-10, Pages 184-188Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-014-0273-1
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Decision making; Home care; Palliative care; Suicide; Terminally ill
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Suicidal thoughts are a common phenomenon in palliative care which can be seen in around 10 % of the patients. There is very little knowledge about attempted and committed suicide. This article is a case report about a patient with lung cancer in a terminal state of illness who ingested drugs in a toxic dose while receiving palliative home care. This article deals with ethical issues in medical treatment and various ways of decision-making.
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