Moral and Practical Challenges of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2003Published in: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 289, no. 17, May 7, 2003, p. 2282

Physicians play an inescapable role in presenting and shaping health care decisions. Patients and families find it essential to rely on physicians when fear, lack of information, unfamiliarity, and other factors limit their independence and authority. Legalizing PAS threatens to make patients and families suspicious at a time when they would like to rely on a trusting relationship with their physician.

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  • Copyright: American Medical Association
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2003
  • Pages: 1
  • Document Number: EP-200305-07

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