TY - JOUR T1 - Misconstrual of EAPC's position paper on euthanasia JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 655 LP - 656 DO - 10.1136/medethics-2015-102774 VL - 41 IS - 8 AU - Lars Johan Materstvedt Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/8/655.abstract N2 - This is a response to Barutta and Vollmann's article ‘Physician-assisted death with limited access to palliative care.’ I show how they misconstrue a key empirical statement made by the European Association for Palliative Care regarding legalisation of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Additionally, I include some further remarks on the relationship between euthanasia and palliative care. I read with interest the article, which delineate well several positions and gives a nice overview of arguments presented on either side. I also found the line of argument unprejudiced and clear, and am sure people working within palliative care would benefit from reading it. ER -