title: Legal aspects of physician-assisted suicide.
abstract: Arguments presented before the Supreme Court reflect the national debate: Do mentally competent, terminally ill patients have a constitutionally protected right to seek a physician's aid to end their lives? Cases involving physician-assisted suicide are discussed.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiesta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States