The Supreme Court and physician-assisted suicide--rejecting assisted suicide but embracing euthanasia

N Engl J Med. 1997 Oct 23;337(17):1236-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199710233371713.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Double Effect Principle
  • Ethics
  • Euthanasia / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Euthanasia, Active*
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
  • Intention
  • Right to Die / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Suicide, Assisted / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Supreme Court Decisions*
  • Terminal Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • United States
  • Wedge Argument
  • Withholding Treatment

Substances

  • Hypnotics and Sedatives