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Two Misleading Assisted Suicide Myths

Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention CoalitionDr Cynthia GeppertThe Journal, Psychiatric Times, published an insightful article on July 18 titled: Two Misleading Myths Regarding “Medical Aid in Dying” written by Cynthia M. A. Geppert, MD, PhD, MPH and Ronald W. Pies, MD examing issues of autonomy and the definition of terminal illness.Based on the first question the authors examine the traditional definition of autonomy and write:Even a casual perusal of most MAID/PAS legislation—modeled closely on the 1997 Oregon “Death with Dignity” statute—reveals that these statutes provide nothing remotely resembling “autonomy” for the patient, in either the procedural or personal sense.

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