title: Who decides if there is "triumph in the ultimate agony?" Constitutional theory and the emerging right to die with dignity.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Goebel
mesh_terms: D028601:Euthanasia, Active / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005610:Freedom; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016743:Mental Competency; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States
keywords: Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington; Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health; Death and Euthanasia; Legal Approach; People v. Kevorkian; Quill v. Koppell