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One Physician's Perspective: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

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This paper looks at the ambiguities which PAS (physician assisted suicide) and voluntary active euthanasia (VAE ) present to the patient, his or her loved ones and the health-care team. The author pleads for a greater emphasis on humanizing the experience of the dying so that a team can meet their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.

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  1. Division of Medical Education, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas, USA

    Perry A. Pugno

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Pugno, P.A. One Physician's Perspective: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Health Care Analysis 12, 215–223 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HCAN.0000044928.73860.d3

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