In defense of the AAN position on lawful physician-hastened death

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• ¹ From the Division of Neurology (J.A.R.), Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA; Neurology Division (L.G.E.), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, IL; University of Virginia School of Law (R.J.B.), Charlottesville; Neurosciences Center (R.C.), NIH, Bethesda, MD; Department of Neurology (W.D.G.), Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford; Department of Neurology (M.K.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA; Department of Neurology (J.A.K.), Augusta University at the Medical College of Georgia; Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute (D.G.L.), Falls Church, VA; Department of Neurology (R.M.P.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Department of Neurology (M.R.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Department of Neurology (J.A.S.), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison; Department of Neurology (Z.S.), Penn State Hershey Medical Center, PA; Departments of Neurology and Neurologic Surgery and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (L.T.), UW Medicine; and Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery (M.A.W.), University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle. james.a.russell@lahey.org.
• ² From the Division of Neurology (J.A.R.), Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA; Neurology Division (L.G.E.), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, IL; University of Virginia School of Law (R.J.B.), Charlottesville; Neurosciences Center (R.C.), NIH, Bethesda, MD; Department of Neurology (W.D.G.), Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford; Department of Neurology (M.K.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA; Department of Neurology (J.A.K.), Augusta University at the Medical College of Georgia; Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute (D.G.L.), Falls Church, VA; Department of Neurology (R.M.P.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Department of Neurology (M.R.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Department of Neurology (J.A.S.), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison; Department of Neurology (Z.S.), Penn State Hershey Medical Center, PA; Departments of Neurology and Neurologic Surgery and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (L.T.), UW Medicine; and Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery (M.A.W.), University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.