Assisted dying: it’s time to poll UK doctors

2018/02/08 by Fiona Godlee · 1 citation
Medicine · Health Professions · Nursing · #Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues #Healthcare Systems and Challenges #Cohesion (chemistry) #Political science #Medicine #Family medicine #Nursing

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.k593

openalex publication_date 2018/02/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

Doctors’ organisations provide crucial leadership, cohesion, a community, resources, and support for their members. They also speak for the profession; their positions on ethical issues are therefore of great importance to national debate. The BMA and the key medical royal colleges remain opposed to assisted dying. So too do the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, and the American Academy of Family Physicians, despite assisted dying being legally available to 58 million Americans in six states and the District …

Cited by

• Assisted suicide [wikipedia]

Related

• Legalisation of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide: survey of doctors’ attitudes
• Assisted dying: participation barriers and facilitators – qualitative interview study of doctors’ perceptions
• In Defense of the Involvement of the Medical Profession in Assisted Dying
• The case for neutrality on assisted dying — a personal view
• Doctors Have no Right to Refuse Medical Assistance in Dying, Abortion or Contraception