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Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)

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Overview:

According to an article by USA Today (1998-JUL-6) physician assisted suicide is:

bulletPermitted in Oregon under very tightly controlled conditions.
bulletNot specifically mentioned in the laws of North Carolina, Utah and Wyoming.
bulletSpecifically criminalized in the remaining states.

In Canada, assisted suicide comes under a Federal law and is thus a criminal act everywhere in the country.

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PAS topics covered in this section:

bulletIn Oregon
 
bulletIn California
 
bulletIn other States:
bulletColorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New York, & Washington state.
 
bulletNationally activity:
bulletU.S. Supreme Court decision, Survey of Physicians.
 
bulletRecent US developments

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bulletDoes PAS actually increase pain of dying patients?

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