Barit, Avi2018-10-182018-10-182018-09Barit, A. 2018, 'To persuade or to inform?', South African Medical Journal, vol. 108, no. 9, pp. 706.0256-9574 (print)2078-5135 (online)10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i9.13494http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66932I refer to the article ‘Medical students’ perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and their views on legalising these practices in South Africa’ in your June 2018 edition, in which Jacobs and Hendricks studied the attitudes of medical students towards euthanasia/physician-assisted suicide (PAD).en© 2018, South African Medical Association. All rights reserved. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).PatientsPhysician-assisted suicide (PAD)Medical studentsSouth Africa (SA)EuthanasiaLegalisingArticle