“…Many of them focus on the refusal 69,79,83–85 or the withdrawal of mechanical ventilation. 28,39,84,86–95 But patients also express suicidal thoughts, 54,62,77,78 the desire for assisted suicide 1,31,96–100 or the request for euthanasia, 1,61,100,101 and the desire for voluntary stopping of eating and drinking, 51,54,97,102 for palliative sedation 100,103,104 and for not being resuscitated. 15,64,88,105 The proportion of PALS who have ever thought of (assisted) suicide or euthanasia is indicated with different rates in the studies.…”