The evidence points toward an overall protective effect in adult cohorts and no increase in completed suicide in younger populations.
|Poll|March 28, 2018
Mini Quiz: Physician-Assisted Suicide
Author(s)Laura B. Dunn, MD
In US states where physician-assisted suicide is now legal, what is required prior to a physician prescribing a lethal aid-in-dying drug?
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In US states where physician-assisted suicide is now legal (eg, California, Oregon), which of the following is required prior to a physician prescribing a lethal aid-in-dying drug?
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