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Abstract

Determining competence to request physician-assisted suicide should be no more difficult than determining competence to refuse life-prolonging treatment. In both cases, criteria and procedures should be developed out of the process of actually making capacity determinations; they should not be promulgated a priori. Because patient demeanor plays a critical role in capacity determinations, it should be made part of the record of such determinations through greater use of video- and audiotapes.

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  • Subject
    • Elder Law

    • Food and Drug Law

    • Health Law and Policy

    • Human Rights Law

    • Law and Society

  • Journal title
    • Psychology, Public Policy and Law

  • Volume
    • 6

  • Pagination
    • 373-381

  • Date submitted

    6 September 2022

  • Keywords