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CMA Reaffirms Opposition to Physician-Assisted Suicide
CMA today reaffirmed its position against physician-assisted suicide, believing that assisting in someone’s death is in direct conflict with a doctor’s ethical duties. “CMA believes in humane and compassionate care for the terminally ill, including appropriate pain control and counseling for the dying and their families. But assisting someone to die is unethical and unacceptable, and is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer,” says CMA President Anmol S. Mahal, M.D. The reaffirmation was made in reaction to legislation being introduced in California to legalize physician-assisted suicide. CMA has taken and reaffirmed its position against physician-assisted suicide five times since the 1980s. Click here to read today's press release on this issue. Contact: Karen Nikos, 916/551-2069 or knikos@cmanet.org.
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