Citation

Rhee JY, Callaghan KA, Allen P, Stahl A, Brown MT, Tsoi A, McInerney G, Dumitru AG. Chest 2017; 152(3): 475-477.

Affiliation

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

10.1016/j.chest.2017.06.007

PMID

28629916

Abstract

Physician assisted suicide and euthanasia (PAS/E) has been increasingly discussed and debated in the public square, including in professional medical organizations. However, the medical student perspective on the debate has been essentially 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 the focus should rather be on providing high-quality end-of-life and palliative care.

Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Language: en