Is Medical Assistance in Dying Part of Palliative Care?

JAMA. 2024 Sep 11. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12088. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Harvey Max Chochinov^{1

2}, Joseph J Fins^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Paul Albrechtsen Research Institute CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
² University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
³ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
⁴ Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.

PMID: 39259560
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.12088

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint considers whether medical assistance in dying should be included as a tenet of palliative care medicine.