Physicians Support for Medical Aid in Dying is Growing
Should physician-assisted suicide or physician-assisted dying be allowed for terminally ill patients?
Prominent National Medical Associations That Have a Neutral Stance on Medical Aid in Dying
» American Academy of Family Physicians
» American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
» American Academy of Neurology
Prominent National Medical Associations Support Medical Aid in Dying
» American College of Legal Medicine
» American Medical Student Association
» American Medical Women’s Association
» National Student Nurses Association
State Medical Associations That Have a Neutral Stance or Dropped Their Opposition to Medical Aid in Dying
» California Medical Association
» Colorado Medical Society
» Connecticut State Medical Society
» Hawaii Medical Association
» Illinois State Medical Society
» Maine Medical Association
» Maryland State Medical Society
» Massachusetts Medical Society
» Medical Society of Delaware
» Medical Society of the District of Columbia
» Medical Society of the State of New York
» Medical Society of Virginia
» Minnesota Medical Association
» Nevada State Medical Association
» New Mexico Medical Society
» Oregon Medical Association
» Rhode Island Medical Society
» Vermont Medical Society
We give patients the right to hasten their deaths by refusing dialysis, mechanical ventilation, antibiotics or any other life-sustaining treatment. Why deny them what is essentially the same choice?
– Marcia Angell, physician, author and the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of the New England Journal Medicine
