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The fundamental goal of the doctor/patient relationship is to comfort and cure. To change the physician's role to one in which comfort includes the intentional taking of life undermines the trust between physician and patient.
Make your voice heard in your local community! Many physicians and healthcare facilities don't know that Section 19 of Initiative 1000 allows them to exercise their right to refrain from involvement in physician-assisted suicide. Hospital and nursing home boards are meeting this month to determine policies regarding assisted suicide, so the time to contact them is RIGHT NOW.
We've provided a list of Washington hospitals and Washington hospital districts and their contact information for your use.
Hearing from people who re-echo the position held by the Washington State Medical Association that physician-assisted suicide contradicts the very mission of healthcare and endangers vulnerable patients who deserve care and comfort throughout their illness will certainly impact the policies healthcare providers make. And reminding them how many members of their communities want to support healthcare providers that we can trust with our lives may encourage them to cntinue with patient-protective policies instead of lethal ones.