TY - JOUR T1 - Inappropriate conclusions in research on assisted dying JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 272 LP - 272 DO - 10.1136/jme.2008.024455 VL - 35 IS - 4 AU - L J Materstvedt Y1 - 2009/04/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/35/4/272.abstract N2 - In a recent paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics the authors conclude: “Where assisted dying is already legal, there is no current evidence for the claim that legalised PAS [physician assisted suicide] or euthanasia will have disproportionate impact on patients in vulnerable groups.”1 This kind of social medicine research gives an important insight into socio-economic and cultural aspects of assisted dying—even though, it must be added, there is not much new in … ER -