Showing posts with label Do or Refer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Do or Refer. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

"Do or Refer": Proponents Show Their True Nature

Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
By Margaret Dore Esq., MBA

The Massachusetts bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia as traditionally defined, includes a provision requiring doctors to "do or refer," i.e., to perform assisted suicide or euthanasia, by prescribing and/or administering the lethal dose, or to make an effective referral to another doctor, who will do it.  (H 1194 Sec. 15(4)(a) & (b)(iv)).*

The significance of do or refer is that it's anti-patient, by not allowing doctors to use their best judgment for the patient.