Add to ORKGThe fallowing essay is a shorter version of an article that is being published in the October 1996 issue of Issues in Law and Medicine. That article in turn is based on a talk given at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in May at New York. It would be hard to deny that there is a great deal of support in this country - and ever-growing support - for legalizing physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Why is this so? I believe there are a considerable number of reasons. I shall discuss five common reasons - and explain why I do not find any of them convincing
Physician-assisted suicide, a suicide made possible by a physician providing a patient with the mean...
In Part I discusses whether there is a sustainable distinction between withholding or withdrawing li...
In most states, patients with terminal, painful, and debilitating conditions have no means of ending...
It would be hard to deny that there is a great deal of support in this country - and ever-growing su...
It would be hard to deny that there is a great deal of support in this country-and ever-growing supp...
The fallowing essay is a shorter version of an article that is being published in the October 1996 i...
Advancement in technology has drastically changed the healthcare system, ultimately giving rise to a...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld New York and Washington state laws prohibiting the aiding...
Proponents commonly justify the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in terms of a pati...
This essay features an assessment of the various factors which play into the argument for legalizati...
In Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill, the Supreme Court refused to create a constitutional...
This paper considers current medical and legal perspectives on patients\u27 right to assistance in d...
This Article is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the history and evolution of the right to...
This Article briefly summarizes the history of the euthanasia debate in the United States, describes...
Recently, there has been some discussion in Congress about writing a Constitutional amendment declar...
Physician-assisted suicide, a suicide made possible by a physician providing a patient with the mean...
In Part I discusses whether there is a sustainable distinction between withholding or withdrawing li...
In most states, patients with terminal, painful, and debilitating conditions have no means of ending...
It would be hard to deny that there is a great deal of support in this country - and ever-growing su...
It would be hard to deny that there is a great deal of support in this country-and ever-growing supp...
The fallowing essay is a shorter version of an article that is being published in the October 1996 i...
Advancement in technology has drastically changed the healthcare system, ultimately giving rise to a...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld New York and Washington state laws prohibiting the aiding...
Proponents commonly justify the legalization of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in terms of a pati...
This essay features an assessment of the various factors which play into the argument for legalizati...
In Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill, the Supreme Court refused to create a constitutional...
This paper considers current medical and legal perspectives on patients\u27 right to assistance in d...
This Article is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the history and evolution of the right to...
This Article briefly summarizes the history of the euthanasia debate in the United States, describes...
Recently, there has been some discussion in Congress about writing a Constitutional amendment declar...
Physician-assisted suicide, a suicide made possible by a physician providing a patient with the mean...
In Part I discusses whether there is a sustainable distinction between withholding or withdrawing li...
In most states, patients with terminal, painful, and debilitating conditions have no means of ending...