Offering Psychedelic Treatments Before Assisted Dying for Psychiatric Conditions

The viewpoint argues that psychedelic treatment should be offered to individuals with psychiatric conditions as a form of life-preserving care prior to physician-assisted death, suggesting it may provide relief and reduce suffering, potentially altering the trajectory toward assisted death.

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Abstract

This Viewpoint describes the benefits of providing psychedelic treatment to persons with psychiatric conditions as life-preserving care before physician-assisted death.