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Hastening Death

Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2000
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About the special issue

The primary goal of this special theme issue is to add to our knowledge about hastened death by considering the implementation and implications of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act.

Articles in this issue

A continued debate about hastened death. 
Pages 261-267
Benjamin, G. Andrew H

Observations on the first year of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. 
Pages 268-290
Lee, Barbara Coombs; Werth, James L., Jr.

So far so good: Observations on the first year of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. 
Pages 291-304
Batavia, Andrew I.

Misconceived sources of opposition to physician-assisted suicide. 
Pages 305-313
Brock, Dan W.

Death with dignity or life with health care rationing. 
Pages 314-321
Illingworth, Patricia; Bursztajn, Harold

Observations on the first year: A commentary. 
Pages 322-330
Jackson, Ann

Oregon's first year: The medicalization of control. 
Pages 331-341
White, Margot; Callahan, Daniel

The first year of the Oregon Death With Dignity Act: Responses to the commentators. 
Pages 342-347
Lee, Barbara Combs; Werth, James L., Jr.

Requests for physician-assisted death: Guidelines for assessing mental capacity and impaired judgment.  Pages 348-372
Werth, James L., Jr.; Benjamin, G. Andrew; Farrenkopf, Tony

Competency and common law: Why and how decision-making capacity criteria should be drawn from the capacity-determination process. 
Pages 373-381
Baron, Charles H.

Misguided guidelines.
Pages 382-387
Burt, Robert A.

Physicians' decisions about patient capacity: The Trojan horse of physician-assisted suicide. 
Pages 388-401
Martyn, Susan R.; Bourguignon, Henry J.

Bureaucritizing suicide. 
Pages 402-407
Youngner, Stuart J.

Guidelines for assessments: Reactions to the commentators. 
Pages 408-415
Werth, James L., Jr.; Farrenkopf, Tony; Benjamin, G. Andrew H.

Factors to consider before participating in a hastened death: Issues for medical professionals. 
Pages 416-433
Jamison, Stephen

Family matters: A social systems perspective on physician-assisted suicide and the older adult. 
Pages 434-451
King, Deborah A.; Kim, Scott Y. H.; Conwell, Yeates

How to deal with requests for assisted suicide: Some experiences and practical guidelines from the Netherlands. 
Pages 452-466
Kerkhof, A. J. F. M.

Assisted suicide, depression, and the right to die. 
Pages 467-488
Rosenfeld, Barry

The implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Reassuring, but more data are needed. 
Pages 489-502
Orentlicher, David

Therapeutic death: A look at Oregon's law. 
Pages 503-525
Cerminara, Kathy L.; Perez, Alina

Health professionals, disability, and assisted suicide: An examination of relevant empirical evidence and reply to Batavia (2000). 
Pages 526-545
Gill, Carol J.

The relevance of data on physicians and disability on the right to assisted suicide: Can empirical studies resolve the issue? 
Pages 546-558
Batavia, Andrew J.

Methodological issues in assisted suicide and euthanasia research. 
Pages 559-574
Rosenfeld, Barry

Steps to improve the quality of life for people who are dying. 
Pages 575-581
Wyden, Ron

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