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. 2023:187:347-360.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-29923-0_26.

Medical Aid in Dying

Kim Callinan  1 , David Grube  2 , Victoria Ramirez  2
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Medical Aid in Dying

Kim Callinan et al. Cancer Treat Res. 2023.

Abstract

As the nation's 75 million baby boomers enter into a new phase of their life, care for their aging parents, and contemplate their own mortality, many have come to realize that our end-of-life care system is hamstrung by outdated modes of dying. This chapter discusses the current status of medical aid in dying in the United States as a legal and medically recognized medical option for supporting patients at life's end.

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