Medical error and medical assistance in dying

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 09 Jan 2017 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 189, pages E31-E31 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: John C S, Wootton;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.732453

pmid: 28246256

pmc: PMC5224955

Medical error and medical assistance in dying

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Abstract

In a letter to CMAJ in the Oct. 4, 2016 issue, Drs. Dembo and Smith seek to buttress the argument for the expansion of medically assisted dying to other pathologies by stating (with regard to the risk of error) “Nowhere else in medicine do we require zero risk of error.”[1][1],[2][2] It is worth

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Medical Errors, Euthanasia, Humans, Suicide, Assisted

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