How Aid in Dying Became Medical, Not Moral
The debate over aid in dying still rages in the language that medicine and the media use to describe the practice.
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The debate over aid in dying still rages in the language that medicine and the media use to describe the practice.
Data suggest that most patients who use medical aid in dying (MAID) have cancer, but some oncology providers do not feel well informed about MAID.
Seven US states are weighing whether to allow assisted suicides in this make-or-break year for the right-to-die movement, even as naysayers warn against Canada's euthanasia free-for-all.
Dr Nicholas Gideonse of Portland is already accepting out-of-state patients, despite the risk of prosecution, and even as politicians debate changes to Oregon's assisted-suicide law.
Data suggest that most patients who use medical aid in dying (MAID) have cancer, but some oncology providers do not feel well informed about MAID.