Physician Aid-in-Dying: Within or Outside the Boundaries of Good Medicine?

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In 2016 Colorado became the seventh state to provide a legal
mechanism by which a physician may write a prescription for
medications that a terminally ill patient may take to end the patient's
life. Efforts are underway in multiple other states to legalize this
practice, described variously as "death with dignity," "physician aidin-
dying," "physician-assisted death," and "physician-assisted suicide."
In the 2017 Emerson Lecture, two physicians, both of whom teach
medical ethics and practice palliative medicine at leading academic
medical centers, will debate whether this practice belongs as part of
medical care. Dr. Timothy Quill will argue that it does, and Dr. Farr Curlin
will argue that it does not. After brief presentations, Dr. Quill and
Dr. Curlin will engage each other and members of the audience in a
moderated discussion of this critical issue in contemporary healthcare.