%0 Journal Article
%T Chronic pain and voluntary euthanasia
%A Mojtaba Rismanchi
%J Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
%D 2008
%I 
%X Emotional status and its brain bases change in a chronic pain patient and this change affects his/her decision making ability. Moreover, it is accepted that a mentally disturbed individual is not competent to make critical decisions. According to these bases, this article demonstrates that such patients are not entitled to request voluntary euthanasia.
%K Chronic pain
%K Emotion
%K Decision making
%K Voluntary euthanasia
%U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/12083.pdf