Recommended Citation

Steve Calandrillo, Corralling Kevorkian: Regulating Physician-Assisted Suicide in America, 7 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 41 (1999), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/670

Authors

Steve Calandrillo, University of Washington School of LawFollow

Corralling Kevorkian: Regulating Physician-Assisted Suicide in America

Keywords

assisted suicide, suicide, physician-assisted suicide, regulation, kevorkian

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article examines the evolution and history of the development of the right-to-die in America, the ethical considerations surrounding physician-assisted suicide (P.A.S.), and the dangers posed by the rise of managed care. I then explore and analyze efforts to legalize and regulate assisted suicide (Netherlands, Oregon, The Model State Act), and suggest the criteria I believe are essential to include in any P.A.S. regulatory scheme.