article_snippet.sent: Historically, doctors have been some of the most vocal critics of assisted suicide, also called aid-in-dying.
article_snippet.sent: The American Medical Association still says that "physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as healer.
article_snippet.sent: Similarly, though it hasn't taken a position on currently proposed legislation, The American Medical Association has said that helping patients die conflicts with doctors' commitment to do no harm.
article_snippet.sent: But a recent survey of 21,000 doctors in the U.S. and Europe shows views may be shifting.
article_snippet.sent: According to Medscape, the organization that did the survey, 54 percent of American doctors support assisted suicide, up from 46 percent four years earlier.
article_snippet.sent: That's not the same as killing patients or facilitating suicide, that said.
highlights_snippet.sent: A recent survey reveals 54 percent of American doctors support assisted suicide .