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https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/cct241533-hyd
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) develops into a life-threatening condition 2 to 4 years after the onset of symptoms. Although many people with the disease decide in favour of life-sustaining measures, thoughts about hastening death are not uncommon. Our aim was to examine the scope of literature on the wish to die in ALS and provide an insight into determinants and motives for different end-of-life options. We searched eight databases for English and German publications on death wishes in ALS for the period from 2008