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Eric Roeland, MD, and Timothy E. Quill, MD, on the Debate Over Physician-Assisted Death

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Eric Roeland, MD, of the University of California, San Diego, and Timothy E. Quill, MD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center, discuss the debate on whether physician-assisted death should be a legally available option at the end of life when neither palliative nor hospice care is satisfactory.



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