A test for mental capacity to request assisted suicide
The mental competence of people requesting aid-in-dying is a key issue for the how the law responds to cases of assisted suicide. A number of cases from around the common law world have highlighted the importance of competence in determining whether assistants should be prosecuted, and what they wil...
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BMJ Publ.
2011
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-39 |
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