On Suicide Prevention day (September 10), Professor Mark Komrad, clinical professor of psychiatry from Maryland, was interviewed by Dr Gillian Wright with Our Duty of Care (UK) on the challenges of assisted suicide for psychiatrists as it relates to suicide prevention. What can we learn from the Oregon model of assisted suicide, where the law has expanded and where financial considerations often outweigh ethical concerns, creating a troubling precedent in medical practice? (Link to the podcast)
Gillian Wright MD of Our Duty of Care in the UK interviewed Professor Komrad for their podcast.. Topic—why assisted suicide and ordinary suicide can’t be easily separated as two different “types of suicide.” He also discussed flaws in the Oregon law permitting assisted suicide and their subsequent experiences and misadventures.
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Professor Mark Komrad
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Professor Komrad was quoted, last week, by a member of the House of Lords in the UK who heard the interview and spoke about it in the House of Lords debate concerning the pending Kim Leadbeater (UK) assisted suicide. Listen to this podcast interview, and / or wish share it with your networks: (Link to the podcast)
