Beyond Terminal Illness: The Widening Scope of Physician-Assisted Suicide in the US - News Summed Up

Beyond Terminal Illness: The Widening Scope of Physician-Assisted Suicide in the US


COMMENTARYPhysician-assisted suicide (PAS)—commonly but misleadingly called “medical aid in dying”1—is now legal in 11 jurisdictions in the US. Medical aid in dying: burdened by suffering and loss of dignity. In: Code of Medical Ethics. Komrad MS. Medical aid in dying: a slippery slope. “Terminal anorexia”: an invalid construct that does not justify medical aid in dying.


Source: Wall Street Journal June 07, 2024 03:35 UTC



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