Washington State Initiative 119: the First Public Vote on Legalizing Physician-Assisted Death

Year: 1993 Source: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, v.2, no.1, (Winter 1993), p.63-67 SIEC No: 20040327

This article reviews the Washington Citizens for Death with Dignity initiative that was put to public vote in Washington state in 1991. The changes it proposed to the existing state natural death act are reviewed, & the definition of “aid-in-dying” is discussed. Problems & paradoxes with the bill are discussed, & the author expresses approval that the bill ultimately failed. (3 refs)

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Washington State Initiative 119: the First Public Vote on Legalizing Physician-Assisted Death

McGough P M