Pining for the fjords¹

Interests and conflicts when writing, reviewing and editing papers on voluntary assisted dying

“…Support was positively associated with increasing levels of 'favourable' wording, accounting for over 20% variation in mean support. Just as death and dying is now almost routinely referred to as 'passing' (presumably in an attempt to reduce distress), 7 the language around euthanasia and assisted suicide has been softened into 'medical assistance in dying' or 'voluntary assisted dying', again presumably to reduce the historical and often emotionally charged responses associated with the formerly commonly used terms. 3 This might also influence survey responses.…”