Lethal aid--physician or lawyer-assisted suicide?
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.
Pietsch
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William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii Elder Law Program, Honolulu 96822, USA.
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