Take Stand on Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, MDS Tell CMA in Survey Released During Annual Meeting

This article reports on the annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association in August 1993. At this meeting, preliminary survey results showed that 89.4% of doctors wanted the CMA to take a stand on euthanasia & assisted suicide. Most physicians – 60.5% – wanted the CMA to support some type of change in laws concerning assisted suicide/active euthanasia; 28.9% wanted the Association to oppose any change in current laws.