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Rational Suicide in the Elderly - Clinical, Ethical, and Sociocultural Aspects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
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Rational Suicide in the Elderly - Clinical, Ethical, and Sociocultural Aspects (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
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This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the
elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when
chronically ill than any other demographic. Its frame of reference
does not endorse a single point-of-view about the legitimacy of
rational suicide, which is evolving across societies with little
guidance for geriatric mental health professionals. Instead, it
serves as a resource for both those clinicians who agree that older
people may rationally commit suicide and those who believe that
this wish may require further assessment and treatment. The first
chapters of the book provides an overview of rational suicide in
the elderly, examining it through history and across cultures also
addressing the special case of baby boomers. This book takes an
ethical and philosophical look at whether suicide can truly be
rational and whether the nearness of death in late-life adults
means that suicide should be considered differently than in younger
adults. Clinical criteria for rational suicide in the elderly are
proposed in this book for the first time, as well as a guidelines
for the psychosocial profile of an older adult who wants to commit
rational suicide. Unlike any other book, this text examines the
existential, psychological, and psychodynamic perspectives. A
chapter on terminal mental illness and a consideration of suicide
in that context and proposed interventions even without a
diagnosable mental illness also plays a vital role in this book as
these are key issues in within the question of suicide among the
elderly. This book is the first to consider all preventative
measures, including the spiritual as well as the psychotherapeutic,
and pharmacologic. A commentary on modern society, aging, and
rational suicide that ties all of these elements together, making
this the ultimate guide for addressing suicide among the elderly.
Rational Suicide in the Elderly is an excellent resource for all
medical professionals with potentially suicidal patients, including
geriatricians, geriatric and general psychiatrists, geriatric
nurses, social workers, and public health officials.
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