Law & Medicine

Physician-assisted suicide – an update


 

Dr. S.Y. Tan, emeritus professor of medicine and former adjunct professor of law at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Dr. S.Y. Tan

Dr. Tan is emeritus professor of medicine and former adjunct professor of law at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. This article is meant to be educational and does not constitute medical, ethical, or legal advice. Some of the materials have been taken from earlier columns in Internal Medicine News. For additional information, readers may contact the author at siang@hawaii.edu.

References

1. “Physician-assisted suicide,” Internal Medicine News, Oct. 14, 2013.

2. Baxter v. State of Montana, 224 P. 3d 1211 (2010).

3. “Majority of Americans Remain Supportive of Euthanasia,” Gallup News, June 12, 2017.

4. Statistics available at public.health.oregon.gov under Oregon Death with Dignity Act.

5. JAMA. 2016 Jul 5;316(1):79-90.

6. Vacco v. Quill, 117 S. Ct. 2293 (1997).

7. Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997).

8. Myers v. Schneiderman, New York Court of Appeals, 2017.

9. “Legalizing assisted suicide has stalled at every level,” Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2017.

10. H. Con. Res. 80, 115th Congress (2017-2018).

11. AMA Code of Medical Ethics §5.7 (2017).

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