{"id":13345,"date":"1993-01-15T16:10:00","date_gmt":"1993-01-16T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13345"},"modified":"2023-01-27T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T01:14:43","slug":"has-the-time-come-for-doctor-death-should-physician-assisted-suicide-be-legalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13345","title":{"rendered":"Has the Time Come for Doctor Death: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wendy N Weigand<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jlawhealth.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Law and Health\" class=\"wp-image-15428\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Law and Health<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>The implications of legalizing euthanasia for the medical profession and the potential for abuses are very troubling. Before public policy or legislation is formulated, the ethical issues inherent in the practice of euthanasia must be critically examined. . . It is the author&#8217;s assertion that the legalization of assisted suicide and\/or physician-aid-in-dying is not the proper course of action at this time. There are too many other options available to doctors, nurses, hospitals and other health care institutions which must be exercised to their fullest extent before any form of active euthanasia is legalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Weigand WN. <a href=\"https:\/\/engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1312&amp;context=jlh\">Has the Time Come for Doctor Death: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized.<\/a> J Law Health. 1993;7(2):321-350. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy N Weigand ExtractThe implications of legalizing euthanasia for the medical profession and the potential for abuses are very troubling. Before public policy or legislation is formulated, the ethical issues inherent in the practice of euthanasia must be critically examined. . . 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