title: Lethal aid--physician or lawyer-assisted suicide?
abstract: This article will provide information about the current legal status of the right of a person to request physician-assisted suicide. It will provide a background on two appellate court cases which dealt with this issue and the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court's intervention.
authors.affiliation: William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii Elder Law Program, Honolulu 96822, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pietsch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States