The District of Columbia has become the latest jurisdiction in the United States to pass a bill
to allow patients with terminal illnesses to end their lives with physician assistance. The …

Recently, public attention has focused on the perceived need to allow those suffering from
terminal illnesses to hasten their deaths. People who favor assisting the terminally ill in …

Abstract On October 5, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown approved bill ABX2 15, the End of Life
Option Act, making California the fifth state in the country to allow physician‐assisted dying …

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) was given the green light by delegates to the
association's General Council on Aug. 26 in Halifax to develop guidelines for assessing …

A majority of states, including Washington and New York, have statutes that prohibit aiding
suicide. 1 These statutes are understood to prohibit physicians from assisting their mentally …

Four states have dened a legal pathway for their residents to choose physicianassisted
death (PAD). The Oregon Death with Dignity Act was passed by citizen's initiative in 1994 …

While the Supreme Court is reviewing the decisions by the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts
of Appeals to reverse state bans on assisted suicide, there is a unique opportunity to engage …

ABSTRACT Dr. Walter Sackett is credited with proposing the first aid-in-dying legislation to
the Florida legislature in 1968. Since then the topic of death and dying has received much …

People who are terminally ill suffer progressive losses on a daily basis. They experience
loss of health, of independence, of control, of self, and finally of life itself. These losses are …

Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding
medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy …