Decriminalising and legalising medical assistance in dying

Affiliations

• ¹ Emeritus professor UCT (former dean), emeritus editor SAMJ. [email protected].
• ² Neurosurgeon, former chair of the Stellenbosch University Council, companies' director, environmentalist. [email protected].
• ³ Anaesthesiologist, founder and past chairman of Mediclinic International. [email protected].
• ⁴ Emeritus professor Stellenbosch, former Executive Head Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch, Paediatric oncologist, ethicist. [email protected].
• ⁵ Distinguished Professor WHO Collaborating Centre of Bioethics Division of Medical Ethics and Law, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. [email protected].
• ⁶ Emeritus professor, University of Cape Town (former head of School of Public Health and Family Medicine). [email protected].
• ⁷ Emeritus professor, University of Cape Town, obstetrician and gynaecologist, emeritus editor SAMJ. [email protected].
• ⁸ Family practice in Uitenhage; advisor in the medical insurance/ managed care industry; chairman of SAMA East Cape branch; SAMA federal councillor; elected member of the HPCSA. [email protected].