Publication of Papers on Assisted Suicide and Terminal Sedation
Authors: Daniel P. Sulmasy
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Letters3 October 2000Publication of Papers on Assisted Suicide and Terminal SedationDaniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, Wayne A. Ury, MD, Judith C. Ahronheim, MD, Mark Siegler, MD, Leon Kass, MD, PhD, John Lantos, MD, Robert A. Burt, JD, Kathleen Foley, MD, Richard Payne, MD, Carlos Gomez, MD, Thomas J. Krizek, MD, Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, and Russell K. Portenoy, MDDaniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Wayne A. Ury, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Judith C. Ahronheim, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Mark Siegler, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Leon Kass, MD, PhDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, John Lantos, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Robert A. Burt, JDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Kathleen Foley, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Richard Payne, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Carlos Gomez, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Thomas J. Krizek, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, Edmund D. Pellegrino, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this author, and Russell K. Portenoy, MDSaint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-133-7-200010030-00027 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We are deeply troubled by a recent pair of papers on terminal sedation and “voluntary refusal of food and fluids” (1, 2) and the process by which they were accepted and published in Annals. At the request of the editors, we address the issues related to the development and publication of these papers in this letter, while addressing issues of content separately (3, 4).One paper was called a “Position Paper” and was produced by the Ethics Committee of the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP–ASIM) (1). We understand that this designation was a ...References1. Quill TE, Byock IR. Responding to intractable terminal suffering: the role of terminal sedation and voluntary refusal of food and fluids. ACP–ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132:408-14. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Quill TE, Lee BC, Nunn S. Palliative treatments of last resort: choosing the least harmful alternative. University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics Assisted Suicide Consensus Panel. Ann Intern Med. 2000;132:488-93. LinkGoogle Scholar3. Sulmasy DP, Ury WA, Ahronheim JC, Siegler M, Kass L, Lantos J, et al . Responding to intractable terminal suffering [Letter]. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133:560-1. LinkGoogle Scholar4. Sulmasy DP, Ury WA, Ahronheim JC, Siegler M, Kass L, Lantos J, et al . Palliative treatment of last resort and assisted suicide [Letter]. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133:562-3. LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD; Wayne A. Ury, MD; Judith C. Ahronheim, MD; Mark Siegler, MD; Leon Kass, MD, PhD; John Lantos, MD; Robert A. Burt, JD; Kathleen Foley, MD; Richard Payne, MD; Carlos Gomez, MD; Thomas J. Krizek, MD; Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD; Russell K. Portenoy, MDAffiliations: Saint Vincents Hospital; New York, NY 10011 (Sulmasy, Ury, Ahronheim)University of Chicago; Chicago, IL 60637 (Siegler, Kass, Lantos)Yale University School of Law; New Haven, CT 06511 (Burt)Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 (Foley, Payne)University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA 22908 (Gomez)University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620 (Krizek)Georgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007 (Pellegrino)Beth Israel Hospital; New York, NY 10003 (Portenoy) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoResponding to Intractable Terminal Suffering: The Role of Terminal Sedation and Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids Timothy E. Quill , Ira R. Byock , and Palliative Treatments of Last Resort: Choosing the Least Harmful Alternative Timothy E. Quill , Barbara Coombs Lee , Sally Nunn , and Assisted Suicide Compared with Refusal of Treatment: A Valid Distinction? Franklin G. Miller , Joseph J. 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Krizek, MD, Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, and Russell K. Portenoy, MDEthical and Policy Issues in End-of-Life Care 3 October 2000Volume 133, Issue 7Page: 564-565KeywordsFoodSedationSuicide ePublished: 3 October 2000 Issue Published: 3 October 2000 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...