Major Battle Over Assisted Suicide Brewing In Mass

[Little Star]

3. The link to the the New Old Age blog is a good read...

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The proposed statute, closely modeled on an initiative that Washington State voters passed in 2008, would allow a patient who’s expected to die within six months to self-administer lethal medication.

It includes a long list of precautions and protections: a lot of physician counseling and information; two doctors verifying that the patient is mentally competent and acting voluntarily; a 15-day waiting period between a first and second request, and another 48 hours before the prescription can be filled. At least one of the two witnesses to the written request can’t be a relative or an heir. And of course, the patient can always change his or her mind.
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http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/the-next-death-with-dignity-battleground/