RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 When slippery slope arguments miss the mark: a lesson from one against physician-assisted death JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 657 OP 660 DO 10.1136/medethics-2018-104931 VO 44 IS 10 A1 Eric Blackstone A1 Stuart J Youngner YR 2018 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/44/10/657.abstract AB In 1989, Susan Wolf convincingly warned of a troublesome consequence that should discourage any movement in American society towards physician-assisted death—a legal backlash against the gains made for limiting life-sustaining treatment. The authors demonstrate that this dire consequence did not come to pass. As physician-assisted suicide gains a foothold in USA and elsewhere, many other slippery slope arguments are being put forward. Although many of these speculations should be taken seriously, they do not justify halting the new practice. Instead, our courts, regulatory agencies, journalists, professional organisations and researchers should carefully monitor and study it as it unfolds, allowing continuous improvement just as our society has done in implementing the practice of limiting life-sustaining treatment.