title: Physician-assisted suicide. Finding common ground.
abstract: In Washington state, practicing physicians have been forced to confront the emotional, complex issue of physician-assisted suicide sooner than physicians elsewhere in the US. The Washington State Medical Association has struggled at length with the issue and ultimately delineated a policy on safeguards for physician-assisted suicide. The Washington experience may prove instructive to other professional physician organizations even before the US Supreme Court rules on the issue.
authors.affiliation: Washington State Medical Association End of Life Task Force, Seattle, WA 98121, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McGough
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Back
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D033161:Government Regulation; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017236:Suicide, Assisted; D014861:Washington