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(0)James L Werth
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In light of the debate over death-with-dignity, takes the premises that suicide is a rational choice for some people; that the current medical, legal, and ethical standards do not account for that; and that mental health professionals need to develop guidelines for decision making about suicide. Discusses the history of attitudes, arguments for and.
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"Although numerous books have been written on the physiological aspects of providing services to people who are dying, relatively little has been written on the psychological, spiritual, and interpersonal issues that are inherent to this process. Until now, psychologists and mental health professionals who work with the dying and their loved ones have had few resources to guide them toward empirically supported practices that can improve quality of...