John Kelly’s Testimony covers medical mistakes, class and race/ethnic divide and more by Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet by Diane Coleman “Massachusetts Public Health Committee hearing on the state’s assisted suicide bill: “Thank you. Everyone knows that doctors make mistakes, and studies show that 12 to 15 percent of people outlive the six-month hospice […]
The Massachusetts Medical Society has indicated willingness to bend in its historic opposition to physician-assisted death. The policy-making body last month agreed to fund a $25,000 survey of members asking attitudes toward “medical aid in dying,” according to The Boston Globe. Despite the decisive support the initiative to fund the survey received, “deep divisions” still
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The vote before the Massachusetts Medical Society was whether to approve a survey — just a survey — of members’ attitudes toward “medical aid in dying.” But the discussion last month launched dozens of doctors into a broader emotional debate over end-of-life decisions for their patients. One doctor invoked the “death with dignity” message of
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