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Medical assistance in dying for mental illness: a complex intervention requiring a correspondingly complex evaluation approach: commentary, Malhi et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2024

Gin S. Malhi Open the ORCID record for Gin S. Malhi [Opens in a new window] ,
Guy Kahane Open the ORCID record for Guy Kahane [Opens in a new window]  and
Julian Savulescu Open the ORCID record for Julian Savulescu [Opens in a new window]
Gin S. Malhi*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Kolling Institute, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; CADE Clinic and Mood-T, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; and Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Guy Kahane
Affiliation:
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Julian Savulescu
Affiliation:
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Biomedical Ethics Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Correspondence: Gin S. Malhi. Email: [email protected]
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Medical assistance in dyingassisted dyingirremediabilitysufferingpsychiatric disorders
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 225 , Issue 2 , August 2024 , pp. 343 - 344
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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