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A Model State act to Authorize and Regulate Physician-Assisted Suicide (IN: Last Rights? Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Debated, edited by M M Uhlmann)
Baron C H~~et al~~~
Part 1 of this chapter explains the relationship of physician-assisted suicide to current law & thinking in medicine & philosophy. Part 2 explores the choices the authors made in determining what form of physician-assisted suicide should be available, who should be able to receive assistance, & how simultaneously to protect privacy & prevent abuse. Part 3 examines the constitutionality of the model statute. Part 4 presents a detailed overview of the provisions of the proposed statute.