Physician-assisted suicide and palliative care: beliefs and empiricism in the policy debate
Schwartz, H.I.; Curry, L.
Connecticut Medicine 66(11): 699-702
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0010-6178 PMID: 12476513 Document Number: 544188
This article provides a brief overview of recent research on the practice of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in Connecticut. In addition, the article examines recent empirical evidence about the role of depression in patients' end-of-life decisions, and synthesizes relevant literature on the relationship between PAS and palliative care in the context of recent experience in Oregon.