The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) board of directors approved an updated “physician-assisted death” policy statement on Feb.14, 2007
“The AAHPM takes a position of ‘studied neutrality’ on the subject of whether PAD (physician-assisted death) should be legally regulated or prohibited, believing its members should instead continue to strive to find the proper response to those patients whose suffering becomes intolerable despite the best possible palliative care.”
Full statement can be read at http://www.aahpm.org/positions/suicide.html
