ASF: Qualifications for doctor-assisted suicide

Madison Ward

-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