[Towards freedom to claim the right to die]

Abstract

current evolution of society makes it possible to debate the issue of the end of life for people suffering from pathologies in which the vital prognosis is not involved; this concerns psychiatric situations in particular. This debate, which bears the seeds of a real desire to die as a personal choice, is likely to profoundly modify the doctor-patient relationship in the particular field of psychiatry.

Keywords: droit à mourir; ethics; mental suffering; physician-assisted suicide; psychiatric disorder; right to die; souffrance psychique; suicide médicalement assisté; trouble psychiatrique; éthique.