Responding to Patient Requests for Hastened Death: Physician Aid in Dying and the Clinical Oncologist | Zendy

Rebecca Spence | Zendy; Charles D. Blanke | Zendy; Thomas J. Keating | Zendy; Lynne P. Taylor | Zendy

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Responding to Patient Requests for Hastened Death: Physician Aid in Dying and the Clinical Oncologist

Author(s) -

Rebecca Spence,

Charles D. Blanke,

Thomas J. Keating,

Lynne P. Taylor

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of oncology practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1935-469X

pISSN - 1554-7477

DOI - 10.1200/jop.2016.019299

Subject(s) - medicine , vignette , terminally ill , palliative care , advance care planning , family medicine , medline , radiation oncologist , assisted suicide , oncology , nursing , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , political science , law , radiation therapy

Physician aid in dying (PAD) or assisted suicide is becoming legal in more US jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the needs of terminally ill patients with cancer are receiving greater attention, including the integration of palliative care into oncology practice. This article highlights a case vignette of a patient with advanced cancer who requests PAD from her oncologist, as a backdrop to help the practicing oncologist examine his or her moral stance regarding participation in aid in dying. The article concludes by offering a framework within which the practicing oncologist can receive and process a patient's request for PAD.

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