1. A Medical Student Perspective on Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Author
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Ana Maria G Dumitru, Philip B. Allen, Amanda Stahl, Martin T. Brown, Katharine A. Callaghan, John Y. Rhee, Alexandra Tsoi, and Grace E. McInerney
- Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,Students, Medical ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,education ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Suicide, Assisted ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Public arena ,Medicine ,Physician assisted suicide ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Students medical ,Medical education ,Physician-Patient Relations ,business.industry ,Euthanasia ,Perspective (graphical) ,humanities ,Family medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Medical ethics - Abstract
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia (PAS/E) has been increasingly discussed and debated in the public arena, including in professional medical organizations. However, the medical student perspective on the debate has essentially been absent. We present a medical student perspective on the PAS/E debate as future doctors and those about to enter the profession. We argue that PAS/E is not in line with the core principles of medicine and that the focus should be rather on providing high-quality end-of-life and palliative care.
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- 2017