Development, implementation, and evaluation of a registry for the documentation and analysis of assisted suicide in Germany (RegAS) – study protocol

Kerstin Kremeike, Farina Hodiamont, Christina Koenes, Katharina König, Ute Lewitzka, Maria Meinhardt, Jonas Wifek, Irene Schmidtmann, Veronika Dunkl, Alina Kasdorf, Raymond Voltz, Martin Neukirchen, Jacqueline Schwartz, Marc Stefaniak, Barbara Schneider, Reinhard Lindner, Georg Fiedler, Claudia Bausewein, Unknown

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DOI: 10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4
Published: 2026-09-08
Container: BMC Medical Ethics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4,
  title = {Development, implementation, and evaluation of a registry for the documentation and analysis of assisted suicide in Germany (RegAS) – study protocol},
  author = {Kerstin Kremeike and Farina Hodiamont and Christina Koenes and Katharina König and Ute Lewitzka and Maria Meinhardt and Jonas Wifek and Irene Schmidtmann and Veronika Dunkl and Alina Kasdorf and Raymond Voltz and Martin Neukirchen and Jacqueline Schwartz and Marc Stefaniak and Barbara Schneider and Reinhard Lindner and Georg Fiedler and Claudia Bausewein and Unknown},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMC Medical Ethics},
  doi = {10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Development, implementation, and evaluation of a registry for the documentation and analysis of assisted suicide in Germany (RegAS) – study protocol
AU  - Kerstin Kremeike
AU  - Farina Hodiamont
AU  - Christina Koenes
AU  - Katharina König
AU  - Ute Lewitzka
AU  - Maria Meinhardt
AU  - Jonas Wifek
AU  - Irene Schmidtmann
AU  - Veronika Dunkl
AU  - Alina Kasdorf
AU  - Raymond Voltz
AU  - Martin Neukirchen
AU  - Jacqueline Schwartz
AU  - Marc Stefaniak
AU  - Barbara Schneider
AU  - Reinhard Lindner
AU  - Georg Fiedler
AU  - Claudia Bausewein
AU  - Unknown
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMC Medical Ethics
DO  - 10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4
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Kremeike, K., Hodiamont, F., Koenes, C., König, K., Lewitzka, U., Meinhardt, M., Wifek, J., Schmidtmann, I., Dunkl, V., Kasdorf, A., Voltz, R., Neukirchen, M., Schwartz, J., Stefaniak, M., Schneider, B., Lindner, R., Fiedler, G., Bausewein, C., & Unknown (2026). Development, implementation, and evaluation of a registry for the documentation and analysis of assisted suicide in Germany (RegAS) – study protocol. BMC Medical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-026-01591-4

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