Catherine Forrest
Clinical associate professor of family medicine at the University of California San Francisco, experienced in the implementation and clinical practice of assisted dying in California.
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Feb 14, 2026 • 47min
"We see coercion the other way... People cannot let go of their dying family" - assisted dying around the world
Catherine Forrest, a UCSF family medicine clinician with experience delivering assisted dying in California, and James Downer, head of palliative care at the University of Ottawa, discuss international experiences with assisted dying. They compare safeguards and assessment practices. They debate concerns about coercion, disability impacts, palliative care access, oversight and prognosis criteria. They call for evidence-based review.
