Physician-assisted death : scanning the landscape : proceedings of a workshop / Rebecca A. English, Catharyn T. Liverman, Caroline M. Cilio, and Joe Alper, rapporteurs ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
By: (2018 : Physician-Assisted Death: Scanning the Landscape and Potential Approaches (Workshop) (2018 : Washington, D.C.) [author.].
Contributor(s): English, Rebecca A [rapporteur.] | Alper, Joe [rapporteur.] | Cilio, Caroline M [rapporteur.] | Liverman, Catharyn T [rapporteur.] | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy [issuing body.] | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Health and Medicine Division [issuing body.].
Publisher: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, ©2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 164 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780309476959.Subject(s): Assisted suicide -- Congresses | Euthanasia -- Congresses | Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses | Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary | Suicide, Assisted | Attitude to Death | Terminally Ill -- psychology | Physicians -- psychology | Health Policy | Assisted suicide | Assisted suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects | EuthanasiaGenre/Form: Conference papers and proceedings. | Conference papers and proceedings. | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R726 .P4845 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014062 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Conceptual, legal, and ethical considerations in physician-assisted death -- Experiences with and reflections on physician-assisted death in the United States -- Experiences with and reflections on physician-assisted death internationally -- Implementation and practice of physician-assisted death -- Physician-assisted death in the context of long-term services and supports, palliative care, and hospice -- Reflections on the workshop and evidentiary gaps.
"The question of whether and under what circumstances terminally ill patients should be able to access life-ending medications with the aid of a physician is receiving increasing attention as a matter of public opinion and of public policy. Ethicists, clinicians, patients, and their families debate whether physician-assisted death ought to be a legal option for patients. While public opinion is divided and public policy debates include moral, ethical, and policy considerations, a demand for physician-assisted death persists among some patients, and the inconsistent legal terrain leaves a number of questions and challenges for health care providers to navigate when presented with patients considering or requesting physician-assisted death. To discuss what is known and not known empirically about the practice of physician-assisted death, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 2-day workshop in Washington, DC, on February 12-13, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description.