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
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Journal title
Psychology, Public Policy and Law
- Volume
6
- Pagination
373-381
- Date submitted
6 September 2022
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