Diocesan Resources
RLP: Killing the Pain, Not the Patient, Palliative Care vs Assisted Suicide grayscale (2018)
RLP: Killing the Pain, Not the Patient, Palliative Care vs Assisted Suicide grayscale
Assisted suicide is in the news and on lawmakers' agendas. Supporters call it "aid in dying" and claim it is just another option for ending intolerable pain as part of end-of-life care. But assisted suicide is radically different from end-of-life care and the practice of palliative care, the healing art of relieving pain and other distressing symptoms for patients who are seriously ill. In fact, these two agendas are at war with each other.