A breakdown of the complex interlacing of federal and state level laws governing the right to die in America: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-ethics-of-physician-assisted-suicide

The legislation of assisted suicide in the UK is as controversial as the Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) that led it its decriminalisation in Oregon in 1994. The United States Supreme Court subsequently rejected an attempt to have the law declared unconstitutional but steps seem to be needed to address the ethical concerns raised by members of the academic, political, and religious communities, including safeguards to protect vulnerable people. What can be learned in the UK from the USA experience?

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-ethics-of-physician-assisted-suicide

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