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Hospice At The Crossroads: Can It Survive?, David A. Simpson
Hospice At The Crossroads: Can It Survive?, David A. Simpson
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
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Managed Care, Autonomy, And Decision-Making At The End-Of-Life, Alan Meisel
Managed Care, Autonomy, And Decision-Making At The End-Of-Life, Alan Meisel
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Some argue that legalizing physician-assisted suicide poses intolerable risks, especially as we move from a system of fee-for-service health care to managed care. Although we need to be concerned about physician-assisted suicide in the context of managed care, physician-assisted suicide poses risks in a fee-for-service system too. In addition, we need to be concerned about the risks posed not only by physician-assisted suicide but also by the well-accepted practice of forgoing life-sustaining treatment. Instead of focusing on the manner of hastening death or the type of health care system, we need to show more concern for protections to assure that …