MSSNY Announces Support of Medical Aid in Dying Act
The Medical Society of the State of New York passed a resolution at its annual House of Delegates meeting expressing support for legislation that would permit Medical Aid in Dying, provided the physician always retains the choice to opt in or to decline to participate in the defined process. “MSSNY is a multicultural society, and this reversal of our previous policy respects different cultural approaches to this sensitive topic and empowers patient autonomy,” President Jerome Cohen said. “MSSNY’s policy reflects no coercion of patients or physicians, but rather allows the physician to make their own choice to participate or not.”
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