Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Charles L. Sprung, Margaret A. Somerville, Lukas Radbruch, Nathalie Steiner Collet, Gunnar Duttge, Jefferson Pedro Piva, Massimo Antonelli, Daniel P. Sulmasy, Willem Lemmens, E. Wesley Ely

Journal of Palliative Care · 2018 · 63 citations · 40 references

Abstract

Physicians have a duty to eliminate pain and suffering, not the person with the pain and suffering. Solutions for suffering lie in improving palliative care and social conditions and addressing the reasons for PAS-E requests. They should not include changing medical practice to allow PAS-E.

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