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- Kathryn L Tucker.
- Legal Affairs, Compassion & Choices, Denver, CO; Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: ktucker@compassionandchoices.org.
- Chest. 2012 Jul 1; 142 (1): 218-224.
AbstractPatients approaching death because of terminal illness may find themselves trapped in a dying process they find unbearable, even with excellent pain and symptom management. Some will want the option of aid in dying. Aid in dying is the practice of a physician writing a prescription for medication for a mentally competent, terminally ill patient that the patient may ingest to bring about a peaceful death. The practice is increasingly accepted by physicians, and it is likely that a growing population of patients will inquire about it. Data from states that give terminally ill patients a statutory right to aid in dying demonstrate that the practice improves end-of-life care. Therefore, it is timely for clinical practice guidelines to emerge to offer guidance to physicians willing to provide aid in dying.
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