Oregon's guidelines for physician-assisted suicide A legal and ethical analysis

Oregon's guidelines for physician-assisted suicide A legal and ethical analysis

Oregon's guidelines for physician-assisted suicide

A legal and ethical analysis

O'Brien

Christine Neylon

O'Brien, Christine Neylon

Dept. of Business Law, Carroll School of Management

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Madek

Gerald A.

Madek, Gerald A.

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Ferrera

Gerald R.

Ferrera, Gerald R.

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Oregon's Death With Dignity Act was first passed by a ballot initiative in 1993, but numerous judicial challenges delayed implementation of the Act. This led to two momentous Supreme Court decisions, /Vacco v. Quill/, and /Washington v. Glucksberg/, ruling that states have the power to regulate physician-assisted suicide. Oregon voters upheld the ballot initiative, and this state became the first in the nation to authorize this practice. A state Task Force convened to publish a Guidebook to assist health care professionals in this area, and the preeminent New England Journal of Medicine issued a special report on this law. The author analyzes the legal context of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, and discusses the efficacy of the tenets featured in the Guidebook. Further, the author explores ethical issues underlying the Guidelines, particularly those pertaining to the meaning of a patient's request for assisted suicide.

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University of Pittsburgh Law Review 0041-9915 61 2 329 365 pp. 329-365 Winter 2000

University of Pittsburgh Law Review

University of Pittsburgh Law Review

0041-9915

61 2 329 365 pp. 329-365 Winter 2000

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Winter 2000

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