US lawmakers urge stricter monitoring of medically assisted suicide in hospices
•A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is calling for stricter monitoring of medically assisted suicide in hospices.
•They expressed concerns that older adults and individuals with disabilities may be pressured to choose assisted suicide.
•Lawmakers urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to implement strict reporting rules to prevent coercion.
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldBipartisan group warns HHS that older adults and people with disabilities risk being pressured to end their lives
Lawmakers urged the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Thursday to establish strict hospice reporting rules to prevent discrimination and coercion in medically assisted suicide.
The bipartisan group of members of Congress warned that older adults, people with disabilities, or those with disaffected caregivers face a particular risk of being pressured to end their lives.
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→A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is calling for stricter monitoring of medically assisted suicide in hospices.
→They expressed concerns that older adults and individuals with disabilities may be pressured to choose assisted suicide.
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