How does it feel to provide “assisted dying” to people, in a place where this is legal? Some enjoy the experience, it would appear; indeed, some assisted dying providers enjoy it very much.
A recent article in the HEC Forum journal arrestingly titled “Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying System can Enable Healthcare Serial Killing” described feelings of power, control and gratification – albeit perhaps mixed with compassion – on the part of those providing euthanasia. Assisted dying practitioners, it seems, can share some troubling features with less official serial killers.
