One physician's perspective: euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
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.
Pugno
Perry A
PA
Division of Medical Education, American Academy of Family Physicians, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, Kansas 66211-2672, USA. ppugno@aafp.org
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics*