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In 1996 a multidisciplinary conference was held at Stanford University to develop consensus guidelines for physician-assisted suicide (PAS). I attended as a representative of the disability community and entered the conference a proponent of PAS but exited as a devout member of Not Dead Yet. This article outlines the key issues leading to that conversion. The conference attendees were unable to reach consensus.
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In September 1996, I attended an invitation-only conference on "Comprehensive Care of the Terminally Ill: A Northern California Consensus Development Conference for Guidelines in Aid-In-Dying," held at Stanford University. I was ...