Semantics in referring for medical assistance in dying

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Jun 2018 English Publisher:CMA Impact Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 190, pages E692-E692 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Eric, Brown;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.69260

pmid: 29866896

pmc: PMC5988523

Semantics in referring for medical assistance in dying

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Abstract

The title “Doctors do not need to refer for medical assistance in dying” for the editorial[1][1] in the emailed list of contents for the February 20, 2018, issue is misleading. Physicians, at least in Ontario, do need to refer for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), so, as the article notes,

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Physicians, Humans, Semantics, Suicide, Assisted

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