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Edward Lowenstein, Marcia Angell<\/h4>\n\n\n
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To the Editor:<\/em> As two of the original petitioners to bring a Death with Dignity Act before Massachusetts voters, we are pleased that Prokopetz and Lehmann believe \u201cthere is a compelling case for legalizing assisted dying,\u201d as they state in their Perspective article (July 12 issue).1<\/sup> However, we oppose their idea that physicians who agree that assisted dying is sometimes indicated might outsource the actual writing of the prescription to a government agency, presumably because they find that final step \u201cincompatible with the physician’s role as healer\u201d (in the words of the statement on the subject by the American Medical . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angell M., Lowenstein E. Letter re: Redefining Physicians\u2019 Role in Assisted Dying<\/a>. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:485-486 January 31, 2013 DOI: 10.1056\/NEJMc1209798
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Edward Lowenstein, Marcia Angell ExtractTo the Editor: As two of the original petitioners to bring a Death with Dignity Act before Massachusetts voters, we are pleased that Prokopetz and Lehmann believe \u201cthere is a compelling case for legalizing assisted dying,\u201d as they state in their Perspective article (July 12 issue).1 However, we oppose their idea … Continue reading “(Correspondence) Redefining Physicians\u2019 Role in Assisted Dying”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,554,882],"tags":[624,625],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-journals-correspondence","tag-edward-lowenstein","tag-marcia-angell"],"yoast_head":"\r\n(Correspondence) Redefining Physicians\u2019 Role in Assisted 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