A model state act to authorize and regulate physician-assisted suicide

Contains provisions designed to prevent hasty decisions and to provide legal protection for physicians.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Harvard journal on legislation 1996, Vol.33 (1), p.1-34
Main Authors: Baron, Charles H, Bergstresser, Clyde, Brock, Dan W, Cole, Garrick F, Dorfman, Nancy S, Johnson, Judith A, Schnipper, Lowell E, Vorenberg, James, Wanzer, Sidney H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Assisted suicide
Bioethics
Coercion
Cognition
Comprehension
Confidentiality
Conscience
Decision Making
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Active
Freedom
Government Regulation
Humans
Informed Consent
Jurisprudence
Legal aspects
Legislation as Topic
Liability, Legal
Mandatory Reporting
Mental Competency
Mentally Ill Persons
Oregon
Palliative Care
Patients
Personal Autonomy
Physician and patient
Physicians
Prejudice
Privacy
Prognosis
Referral and Consultation
Right to Die
Risk
Risk Assessment
Social Control, Formal
State Government
Statutes
Stress, Psychological
Suicide
Suicide, Assisted
Terminally Ill
Time Factors
United States
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Summary:Contains provisions designed to prevent hasty decisions and to provide legal protection for physicians.
ISSN:0017-808X