title: A courtroom lesson in physician-assisted suicide.
abstract: Physician participation in euthanasia and assisted suicide has been the subject of long-standing debate and is unlikely to be resolved easily or soon. The Pennsylvania Medical Society's Medical Student Section explored this topic recently in a second "mock trial" held in conjunction with the Temple University School of Law and co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Company. This is an account and essay from that trial.
authors.affiliation: Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Caliendo
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Leber
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States