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Why I changed my mind about physician-assisted suicide: how Stanford University made a radical out of me.

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

| June 22, 2005 | Olkin, Rhoda | COPYRIGHT 2005 Sage Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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 ...

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