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A systematic review of older adults’ request for or attitude toward euthanasia or assisted-suicide

Dolores Angela Castelli Dransarta School of Social Work Fribourg, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Art Western Switzerland, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sylvie Lapierreb Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières, Trois Rivières, Canada
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Annette Erlangsenc Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Centre, Copenhagen, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-0558
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Silvia Sara Canettod Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
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Marnin Heisele Department of Psychiatry, Western University, Canada
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Brian Draperf School of Psychiatry, University of NSW, Sidney Australia, and Eastern Suburbs Older Person's Mental Health Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1405-7932
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Reinhard Lindnerg Institute of Social Work, University Kassel, Germany
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Stephane Richard-Devantoyh Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada
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Gary Cheungi Department of Psychological Medecine, School of Medecine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Paolo Scoccoj ULSS-6 Euganea and SOPROXI Onlus, Padova, Italy
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Ricardo Gusmãok Public Healh Institute, University of Porto, Portugal
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Diego De Leol Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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Ken Inouem Research and Education Faculty, Medical Sciences Cluster Health Service Center, Kochi University, Japan
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Vincent De Techtermana School of Social Work Fribourg, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Art Western Switzerland, Switzerland
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Amy Fisken Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, USA
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Jin Pyo Hongo Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea
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Marjolaine Landryp Department of Nursing, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières, Canada
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Andrée-Anne Lepageb Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois Rivières, Trois Rivières, Canada
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Isabelle Marcouxq Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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Peter Jongho Nar Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Health, USA
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Eva Neufeld
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Deborah Ummels Department of Psychoeducation, Université de Sherbrooke, Montréal, Canada
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Jan-Henrik Winslovt Unit for Suicide Prevention, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
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Christine Wongu Caritas Singapore, Singapore
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Jing Wuv Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4941-3370
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Marilyn Wyartw Unit of Geropsychiatry, Clinique Saint Antoine, Montarnaud, France
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Pages 420-430 | Received 09 Apr 2019, Accepted 15 Nov 2019, Published online: 10 Dec 2019

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