title: Why Don't More Physicians Support Assisted Death?
abstract: In this issue of Healthcare Papers, Maureen Taylor and Sandra Martin make a compelling case for the medical community to speak out in favour of physician-assisted death (PAD) in Canada. As a member of the medical community, I want to echo that call to my colleagues. But I also want to explain my own evolution in thinking about PAD, in the hope that this will help non-physicians understand why this is such a difficult issue for physicians to tackle. I also hope that it will convince some of my colleagues to heed Taylor and Martin's call to speak out in favour of PAD.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Divisions of Critical Care and Palliative Care, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Downar