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Contemporary state statutes about assisted suicide
Author(s)Donna Cohen, Jennifer Wareham
Journal titleJournal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 4, no 1, Spring 1998
Pagespp 4-8
KeywordsEuthanasia ; Law ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe authors conducted a search of US state statutes to determine how each of the 50 states treated assisted suicides, and found variations in definition. Their article cites cases; lists specific statutes for the 36 states that criminalise assisted suicides; lists the five states where the law on the legality of assisted suicide is unclear; and lists the eight states that deal with assisted suicide as common law. Oregon is the only state with a law that in effect has specific standards on how an individual can ask a doctor for drugs to hasten his or her death. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-981110202 A
ClassmarkCY: VR: 7T

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