Patients' Knowledge of Options at the End of Life
Open Access
- 15 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 284 (19) , 2483-2488
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.19.2483
Abstract
For the past 25 years, US citizens have sought increased control over their experience of dying.1,2 In the courts, they have ensured their rights to refuse and withdraw life-sustaining treatment, while in the legislature, they have had laws passed to promote the use of advance directives (the 1990 Patient Self-Determination Act)3 and to legalize physician-assisted suicide (the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act).4Keywords
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