Conflicts of Conscience Hospice and Assisted Suicide

1 May 1995

journal article
Published by JSTOR in Hastings Center Report

Vol. 25 (3) , 36-43
https://doi.org/10.2307/3562113

Abstract

Proposals to legalize assisted suicide challenge hospice's identity and integrity. In the wake of Measure 16, Oregon hospice programs must develop practical policies to balance traditional commitments not to hasten death and not to abandon patients with dying patients' legal right to request lethal prescriptions.

Keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH
BALLOT MEASURE 16 (OREGON)
DEATH AND EUTHANASIA
DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT (OREGON)
HEMLOCK SOCIETY
LEGAL APPROACH
OREGON HOSPICE ASSOCIATION

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