Dying Canadians should not assume palliative care doctors will assist them if they choose to
end their lives, because the majority of those currently practising don't want that role, says …

Physician views regarding the relationship between palliative care and physician-assisted
suicide (PAS) are poorly understood. This survey of Connecticut physicians (n= 2,805; 40 …

EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-SSISTED SUICIDE (PAS) have been legalized in a small
number of jurisdictions. Oregon allows PAS, while in The Netherlands both PAS and …

That was how I received my first request for assisted suicide. Jean was a single, 50-year-old
woman with advanced cancer. She had just been told that she could not receive any more …

In this issue of Palliative Care, the Ethics Committee of the EAPC publishes its revised
position paper on euthanasia. Its original paper, published in 1994, took a firm and explicit …

The majority of doctors and nurses involved in specialist palliative care reject the
legalisation of physician assisted suicide (PAS). This book explores the reasons why the …

Objectives Assisted suicide in Switzerland is mainly performed by right-to-die societies.
Medical involvement is limited to the prescription of the drug and certification of eligibility …

PERSPECTIVE n engl j med 367; 2 nejm. org july 12, 2012 98 ill patients, including the
possibility of palliative sedation. Inadequate pain control therefore ranks among the least …

Given the societal controversy and the profundity of physicians' experience, how then should
we prepare students, residents, fellows, and colleagues to respond to requests for assisted …

Background Legalisation of physician‐assisted dying (PAD) remains a highly contested
issue. In the Australasian context, the opinion and perspective of palliative care specialists …