Euthanasia and assisted dying are of growing interest for patients with incurable diseases. The possible methods are widely discussed by patient-societies, physicians, lawyers, theologians and philosophers. During the last years several opinion-polls were conducted with healthy people or medical stuff, but no surveys were conducted to get the attitude of incurable ill patients. The hypothesis of the investigators' study is: "Palliative Care Medicine is a better option for incurable ill patients than an assisted suicide."
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AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.
Patients intention to assisted suicide
Timeframe: up to four weeks after beginning of palliative treatment