Of particular interest in this week's issue of Media Watch (copy attached):

The role of family doctors in end-of-life care

Barriers in implementing the dying patient law: The Israeli experience – qualitative study

Palliative care and public healthcare policy

Inclusion of palliative care in healthcare policy for older people: A directed documentary analysis in 13 of the most rapidly ageing countries worldwide

This issue of Media Watch includes several articles on medical assistance in dying from a palliative care perspective:

'A retrospective review of medically assisted deaths in Nova Scotia: What do we know and where should we go?’ Journal of Palliative Medicine

'Assisted dying and palliative care in three jurisdictions: Flanders, Oregon, and Quebec,' Annals of Palliative Medicine 

'The treatment of patients with unbearable suffering – the slippery slope is real,' JAMA Internal Medicine 

‘Reflecting on suffering at the end-of-life,’ Progress in Palliative Care