Physician Attitudes and Experiences with Assisted Suicide: Results of a Small Opinion Survey
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
- Vol. 2 (1) , 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0963180100000608
Abstract
Many recent events have contributed to the resurgence of the historically cyclical debate over euthanasia. Now, the focus rests on physician-assisted suicide. Many landmark events regarding physician-assisted suicide have occurred within the last year alone. For example, Derek Humphry'sFinal Exitrecently became a best seller, giving people the detailed knowledge of how to “self-deliver” InThe New England Journalbf Medicine, Dr. Timothy Quill shared his touching experience of assisting his patient “Diane” after she chose to decline treatment options for leu- kemia. Dr. Jack Kevorkian made use of his highly publicized “death machine” to help Janet Adkins and subsequently, several other women, end their livesKeywords
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