Responding to Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide: "These are Uncharted Waters for Both of us..." - Centre for Suicide PreventionCentre for Suicide Prevention

Year: 2002 Source: JAMA, v.288, no.1, (3 July 2002), p.91-98 SIEC No: 20040858

A case study concerning one dying patient’s request for physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is presented in order to explore possible motivations behind dying patients’ requests for PAS, examine the reactions of physicians, & provide guidance on ways in which physicians may constructively respond to requests for PAS, irrespective of their moral & ethical position or legal concerns. (64 refs)

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Responding to Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide: “These are Uncharted Waters for Both of us…”

Bascom P B~~Tolle S W