Interest in physician-assisted suicide among ambulatory HIV-infected patients

摘要: OBJECTIVE: This study surveyed HIV-infected patients' attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide and examined the relationship between interest in physical psychosocial variables. METHOD: Three hundred seventy-eight ambulatory patients, 90% of whom met criteria Centers for Disease Control AIDS, were recruited from several sites New York City. Self-report measures used to assess pain, symptoms, psychological distress, depression, social supports. Attitudes toward, in, assessed through responses a questionnaire. RESULTS: Sixty-three percent patients supported policies favoring suicide, 55% acknowledged considering as an option themselves. The strongest predictors high scores on distress (depression, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, overall distress) experience with terminal illness family member or friend. Other strong Caucasian race, infrequent no attendance at religious services, perceived low level Interest was not related severity pain-related functional impairment, extent HIV disease. CONCLUSIONS: rates comparable those general public. Patients' appeared be more function factors than factors. These findings highlight importance psychiatric assessment intervention care who express request suicide. Language: en