Psychology, public policy, and law : an official law review of the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law
Requests for physician-assisted death: guidelines for assessing mental capacity and impaired judgment
Abstract
This article fills a need in the theoretical and clinical literature by presenting a set of guidelines for assessing mental capacity and impaired judgment when a person makes a request to have physician-assisted death. Because Oregon is the only state to have a law allowing physician-assisted death, the guidelines are placed within the context of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. A comprehensive overview of the legal and ethical issues associated with the assessment of capacity precedes the actual guidelines.
Source and rights
Published by Psychology, public policy, and law : an official law review of the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law, 2000. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Published
- 2000
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Psychology, public policy, and law : an official law review of the University of Arizona College of Law and the University of Miami School of Law
- PubMed
- 12659112
- Added to Prognia
- 25 July 2026
