Assisted suicide: Safeguards debated as bioethicist warns of unintended consequences

At a time when many states are considering assisted suicide legislation, I was interested to encounter the perspective of the well-known bioethicist Arthur Caplan who recently expressed his support for these laws on these pages. While I appreciate Caplan’s endorsement of protecting doctors’ ability to refuse, as a matter of conscience, to participate in assisted death, I Read more… Assisted suicide: Safeguards debated as bioethicist warns of unintended consequences originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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