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Physician assisted suicide

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Introductory Remarks Of Panel Ii: Legal, Medical, And Ethical Considerations For The Future Of Physician-Assisted Suicice Symposium: Physician-Assusted Suicide: Legal Rights In Life And Death: Introductory Remarks Of Panel Ii: Legal, Medicial, And Ethical Considerations For The Future Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, Tanya K. Hernandez Jan 1996

Introductory Remarks Of Panel Ii: Legal, Medical, And Ethical Considerations For The Future Of Physician-Assisted Suicice Symposium: Physician-Assusted Suicide: Legal Rights In Life And Death: Introductory Remarks Of Panel Ii: Legal, Medicial, And Ethical Considerations For The Future Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, Tanya K. Hernandez

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Once the Supreme Court issues it decision in the cases of Quill v. Vacco1 and Compassion in Dying v. Washington2 regarding the constitutionality of outlawing physician-assisted suicide for competent and terminally ill persons, the tension surrounding legal, medical, religious and ethical issues concerning end of life decision making will not be resolved.