Dying well? A colloquy on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
With this special issue the Report once again joins the debate on what patients, physicians, and society can -- and cannot -- live with at the end of life. The articles gathered here address in various ways, from various perspectives, the questions that inform the debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide. Do the canons of self-determination and respect for persons compel us to honor the choices of those who request active assistance in dying? Can we coherently argue that physicians' professional obligations to alleviate suffering extend so far as to taking life on request? To what extent ought our policy decisions rest on consideration of possible consequences?
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