US medical and surgical society position statements on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An analysis of the position statements of secular US medical and surgical professional societies on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia have not been published recently. Available statements were evaluated for position, content, and sentiment.

Methods

In order to create a comprehensive list of secular medical and surgical societies, the results of a systematic search using Google were cross-referenced with a list of societies that have a seat on the American Medical Association House of Delegates. Societies with position statements were identified. These statements were divided into 5 categories: opposed to PAS and/or euthanasia, studied neutrality, supportive, acknowledgement without statement, and no statement. Linguistic analysis was performed using

SUBMITTER: Barsness JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640655 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature