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Re: Physician-assisted suicide [3]
As expressed in my response on this topic in the previous issue [BCMJ 2014;56:475-476 [11]] we, as physicians, have very principled and strongly felt views on all sides of the issue of physician-assisted suicide. It is imperative that we fully debate all sides before making any determinations on its merit and future. I couldn’t agree more with Dr Horvath’s concluding statement about the hands that heal and the need for effective and accessible palliative care. And yet, there are those cases in which palliative care does not fully meet our patients’ needs or wants.
—Bill Cavers, MD
Doctors of BC President
Links
[1] https://bcmj.org/cover/januaryfebruary-2015
[2] https://bcmj.org/author/bill-cavers-md
[3] https://bcmj.org/issues/re-physician-assisted-suicide
[4] https://bcmj.org/node/5720
[5] https://bcmj.org/sites/default/files/BCMJ_57_Vol1_pv-final_3_1.pdf
[6] https://bcmj.org/print/letters/re-physician-assisted-suicide-dr-cavers-replies
[7] https://bcmj.org/printmail/letters/re-physician-assisted-suicide-dr-cavers-replies
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[10] https://bcmj.org/javascript%3A%3B
[11] https://bcmj.org/issues/re-doctors%E2%80%99-attitudes-shifting-physician-assisted-suicide-reply-dr-cavers
[12] https://bcmj.org/modal_forms/nojs/webform/176
[13] https://bcmj.org/%3Finline%3Dtrue%23citationpop