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    Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the ICU: A Dialogue on Core Ethical Issues
    (2017) Goligher, Ewan C.; Ely, E. Wesley; Sulmasy, Daniel P.; Bakker, Jan; Raphael, John; Volandes, Angelo E.; Patel, Bhavesh M.; Payne, Kate; Hosie, Annmarie; Churchill, Larry; White, Douglas B.; Downar, James
    Objective : Many patients are admitted to the ICU at or near the end of their lives. Consequently, the increasingly common debate regarding physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia holds implications for the practice of critical care medicine. The objective of this article is to explore core ethical issues related to physician assisted suicide and euthanasia from the perspective of health-care professionals and ethicists on both sides of the debate.