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1 Introduction
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... While public opinion is divided and public policy debates include moral, ethical, and policy considerations, a demand for physician-assisted death persists among some patients, and the inconsistent legal terrain leaves a number of questions and challenges for health care providers to navigate when presented with patients considering or requesting physician-assisted death. Eight U.S.
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... §  do the data collected in the United States compare with the How data collected in countries like the Netherlands, which have more extensive reporting and data collection? • Explore potential approaches for physicians: o  ho practice in a state where it is legal but are personally opposed to W physician-assisted death?
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... "Even though there are understandably divergent viewpoints," he said, "we have a shared focus on seeking to understand the practice of physicianassisted death in the United States." The intended focus of the workshop was to better understand physician-assisted death in the United States from an empirical perspective, including drawing upon experiences in the Netherlands and Canada (see Chapter 4 for international experiences)
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... Physicianassisted death in this narrow sense is distinct from broader interpretations that include physician-administered death, sometimes called active euthanasia, which is not legal anywhere in the United States (see Chapter 4 for information from the Netherlands and Canada where euthanasia and medical aid-in-dying including physician administration of lethal medication, respectively, are more broadly applied)
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... The workshop was webcast live, and online participants were able to contribute to the discussions through the hashtag #PhysicianAssisted Death. The slide presentations and videos are archived on the National Academies website.6 The proceedings is organized as follows: • Chapter 2 discusses conceptual, legal, and ethical considerations in physician-assisted death.
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... 2016. Attitudes and practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe.


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