ASF: Qualifications for doctor-assisted suicide
September 22, 2015
-must be terminally ill
-must have 6 months or less to live
-must make two oral requests for assistance in dying
-must make one written request for assistance
-must convince two physicians that she/he is sincere, is not acting on a whim, and that the decision is voluntary
-must not have been influenced by depression
-must be informed of “the feasible alternatives, including, but not limited to, comfort care, hospice care and pain control.”
-must wait for 15 days