{"id":8490,"date":"2018-01-07T19:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T03:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2018-07-08T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T02:36:42","slug":"how-does-assisting-with-suicide-affect-physicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8490","title":{"rendered":"How does assisting with suicide affect physicians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-does-assisting-with-suicide-affect-physicians-87570\"> The Conversation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Ronald W. Pies<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Ronald_W._Pies\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When my mother was in her final months, suffering from a heart failure and other problems, she called me to her bedside with a pained expression. She took my hand and asked plaintively, &#8220;How do I get out of this mess?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a physician, I dreaded the question that might follow: Would I help her end her life by prescribing a lethal drug?<em> . . . <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/procedures\/assist028.aspx\">[Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conversation Ronald W. Pies* When my mother was in her final months, suffering from a heart failure and other problems, she called me to her bedside with a pained expression. 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