Citation

No Author(s) Listed. AIDS Policy Law 1998; 13(6): e12.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Buraff Publications)

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Abstract

Charles E. Hall, who petitioned the Florida courts to allow his physician to assist him in suicide, died in March. Hall sought a judge's permission to have his doctor administer a lethal dose of morphine. The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the State's interest in preserving life outweighed Hall's privacy rights in physician-assisted suicide. Hall was bedridden, nearly sightless, and unable to communicate.

Language: en

Keywords

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; article; assisted suicide; Florida; human; Humans; legal aspect; male; Male; Suicide, Assisted; Terminally Ill; terminally ill patient; United States