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On January 8, 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Vacco v. Quill ¹ and Washington v. Glucksberg,² the two cases concerning whether a state may prohibit persons in the terminal stage of an illness from obtaining the assistance of their physicians in ending their lives. A protest by a few hundred people with disabilities, which took place in front of the courthouse that day, raised related questions: whether a right to physician-assisted suicide is in the interest of people with disabilities and whether the majority of people with disabilities are opposed to the recognition of such a right.

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Arguments against Physician-Assisted Suicide

Arguments in Favor of Physician-Assisted Suicide

Reconciling the Opposing Views

Implications for the Physician–Patient Relationship

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