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The 'Right To Die': On Drawing (And Erasing) Lines, Yale Kamisar Jan 1996

The 'Right To Die': On Drawing (And Erasing) Lines, Yale Kamisar

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Until this year, no state or federal appellate court had ever held that there was a right to assisted suicide no matter how narrow the circumstances or stringent the conditions. In 1996, however, within the span of a single month, two federal courts of appeals so held; in an 8-3 majority of the Ninth Circuit (sitting en banc) in Compassion in Dying v. Washington and a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit in Quill v. Vacco. What heartened proponents of a right to physician-assisted suicide even more, and pleased those resistant to the idea even less, was that the two …


Legislative Amendments To The District Of Columbia's Vital Records Act: Medical Cause Of Death Privacy, Suzanne Brette Greene Mar 1994

Legislative Amendments To The District Of Columbia's Vital Records Act: Medical Cause Of Death Privacy, Suzanne Brette Greene

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

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Scope Of The Physician’S Duty To Reduce Risks Posed By Epileptic Drivers, H. Richard Beresford Jul 1979

Scope Of The Physician’S Duty To Reduce Risks Posed By Epileptic Drivers, H. Richard Beresford

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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