Breaching the stalemate on assisted dying:it’s time to move beyond a medicalised approach

Preston, Nancy and Payne, Sheila and Ost, Suzanne (2023) Breaching the stalemate on assisted dying:it’s time to move beyond a medicalised approach. BMJ, 382. p. 1968. ISSN 0959-8138

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Abstract

Despite growing legal and medical support for assisted dying, many healthcare professionals do not want to be directly involved. Could a de-medicalised approach help to overcome this? Nancy Preston, Sheila Payne, and Suzanne Ost discuss.