During the past decade, patients with the uncommon disease amyotrophiclateral sclerosis (ALS) have had a prominent role in the debateabout physician-assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia.In Canada and Great Britain, patients with ALS have challengedlegal bans on physician-assisted death. A widely viewed videotapeof a patient in the Netherlands choosing euthanasia generatedconsiderable controversy. In the United States, millions watchedJack Kevorkian euthanize Thomas Youk, a patient with ALS, onthe CBS news program 60 Minutes.
As compared with patients with other terminal illnesses, thosewith ALS are more likely to request physician-assisted death.Veldink . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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