{"id":9559,"date":"2019-06-11T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9559"},"modified":"2019-09-21T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:10:47","slug":"ama-reaffirms-stance-against-physician-aided-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9559","title":{"rendered":"AMA Reaffirms Stance Against Physician-Aided Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Medscape<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Marcia Frellick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        CHICAGO \u2014 Delegates voted overwhelmingly to affirm the current policy opposing physician-assisted dying here at the American Medical Association (AMA) 2019 Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/897896\">impassioned testimony<\/a> from both sides at last year&#8217;s meeting, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs was asked to further examine the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         &#8220;The AMA House of Delegates concluded that established guidance in the Code of Medical Ethics supports shared decisions that respect the deeply held beliefs of physicians and their patients with respect to assisted suicide,&#8221; said AMA President Barbara McAneny, MD. . . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/914231\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medscape Marcia Frellick CHICAGO \u2014 Delegates voted overwhelmingly to affirm the current policy opposing physician-assisted dying here at the American Medical Association (AMA) 2019 Annual Meeting. After impassioned testimony from both sides at last year&#8217;s meeting, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs was asked to further examine the issue. &#8220;The AMA House of Delegates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AMA Reaffirms Stance Against Physician-Aided Death&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,33,162,9,2339,28],"tags":[60,3773,3774,65],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-codes-of-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-news","category-policies","category-usa","tag-american-academy-of-family-physicians-aafp","tag-american-academy-of-hospice-and-palliative-medicine","tag-american-academy-of-neurology","tag-american-medical-association"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>AMA Reaffirms Stance Against Physician-Aided Death - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9559\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AMA Reaffirms Stance Against Physician-Aided Death - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Medscape Marcia Frellick CHICAGO \u2014 Delegates voted overwhelmingly to affirm the current policy opposing physician-assisted dying here at the American Medical Association (AMA) 2019 Annual Meeting. 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