HMS panel considers "Death with Dignity" ballot question

A public forum took place at HMS yesterday about Question 2 on this November’s general election ballot for Massachusetts, known as the “Death With Dignity” Initiative. Panelists included: Lachlan Forrow, HMS associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Marcia Angell, HMS senior lecturer on social medicine; Robert D. Truog, HMS professor of anaesthesia (pediatrics) at Boston Children’s Hospital; and Christine Mitchell, HMS associate director of clinical ethics in the Department of Social Medicine. Gary S. Gray, director, technology and innovation of Harvard Catalyst, is also quoted.

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