2016
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.8499
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Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe

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“…Current laws in the US refer specifically to physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS involves the physician prescribing or supplying lethal drugs at the patient's request; those drugs are self-administered by the patient with the aim of ending his or her life [48]. This practice contrasts with euthanasia, whereby a physician administers medication to intentionally end the patient's life; euthanasia remains illegal in all US states [48].…”
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“…Current laws in the US refer specifically to physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS involves the physician prescribing or supplying lethal drugs at the patient's request; those drugs are self-administered by the patient with the aim of ending his or her life [48]. This practice contrasts with euthanasia, whereby a physician administers medication to intentionally end the patient's life; euthanasia remains illegal in all US states [48].…”
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“…PAS involves the physician prescribing or supplying lethal drugs at the patient's request; those drugs are self-administered by the patient with the aim of ending his or her life [48]. This practice contrasts with euthanasia, whereby a physician administers medication to intentionally end the patient's life; euthanasia remains illegal in all US states [48]. It is also important to note that current PAS laws in the US only apply to adults over the age of 17 and require patients to have a prognosis for survival of six months or less [48].…”
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“…1 We stayed in touch once the course finished, meeting every few months for lunch. This was often a bowl of vegetable soup from produce from her garden; flowers in a vase were never far from sight.…”
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“…Un procedimiento rápido y sin dolor, que pone fin a una vida que se debate más en un proceso donde la dimensión emocional está erosionada que en una situación de dolores incontrolables (21), no es la garantía ni la disculpa de una "muerte digna". Ni la eutanasia ni el suicidio asistido son la panacea para hacer más humano el trance de la muerte (22).…”
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