John Peteet (Brigham and Women’s) co-authored a study of doctor-assisted death for people with mental disorders. The study raises questions about the practice, finding that in more than half of approved cases, people declined treatment that could have helped, and that many cited loneliness as an important reason for wanting to die.
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