Pros and Cons of Physician Aid in Dying

The question of a physician’s involvement in aid in dying (or “assisted suicide”) is being debated across the country. This article adopts no one position because its authors hold contrasting views. It aims instead to articulate the strongest arguments in favor of aid in dying and the strongest argu...

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Autores principales: Dugdale, Lydia S., Lerner, Barron H., Callahan, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: YJBM 2019
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31866790
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description The question of a physician’s involvement in aid in dying (or “assisted suicide”) is being debated across the country. This article adopts no one position because its authors hold contrasting views. It aims instead to articulate the strongest arguments in favor of aid in dying and the strongest arguments opposed. It also addresses relevant terminology and reviews the history of its legalization in the United States.
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spelling pubmed-69138182019-12-20 Pros and Cons of Physician Aid in Dying Dugdale, Lydia S. Lerner, Barron H. Callahan, Daniel Yale J Biol Med Perspectives The question of a physician’s involvement in aid in dying (or “assisted suicide”) is being debated across the country. This article adopts no one position because its authors hold contrasting views. It aims instead to articulate the strongest arguments in favor of aid in dying and the strongest arguments opposed. It also addresses relevant terminology and reviews the history of its legalization in the United States. YJBM 2019-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6913818/ /pubmed/31866790 Text en Copyright ©2019, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
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