Physician-prescribed suicide, referred to by proponents as “medical aid in dying,” is legal in ten states and the District of Columbia, but major medical associations are not providing answers about how doctors are trained in the practice.
More than a dozen other states are considering similar legislation this year to allow doctors to provide life-ending medication to terminally ill adults who have six months or less to live and request it. But none of the medical groups contacted by The Fix were willing to answer questions about training regarding the controversial practice.
The American Medical Association opposes the practice, stating in its code of ethics, “euthanasia is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer, would be difficult or impossible to control, and would pose serious societal risks.” […]
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