Montana Dr's could be facing a "KILL on DEMAND" order (ethics, legal)

[Miborn]

Doctors face orders to 'kill on demand'
New assisted suicide law requires physicians to act

Physicians in Montana could be facing "kill-on-demand" orders from patients who want to commit suicide if a district court judge's opinion pending before the state Supreme Court is affirmed.
The case has attracted nominal attention nationwide, but lawyers with the Christian Legal Service have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the pending case because of what it would mean to doctors within the state, as well as the precedent it would set.



The concern is over the attack on doctors' ethics and religious beliefs – as well as the Hippocratic oath – that may be violated by a demand that they prescribe deadly chemicals or in some other way assist in a person's death.

Doctors face orders to 'kill on demand'

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by Miborn

Doctors face orders to 'kill on demand'
New assisted suicide law requires physicians to act

Physicians in Montana could be facing "kill-on-demand" orders from patients who want to commit suicide if a district court judge's opinion pending before the state Supreme Court is affirmed.
The case has attracted nominal attention nationwide, but lawyers with the Christian Legal Service have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the pending case because of what it would mean to doctors within the state, as well as the precedent it would set.



The concern is over the attack on doctors' ethics and religious beliefs – as well as the Hippocratic oath – that may be violated by a demand that they prescribe deadly chemicals or in some other way assist in a person's death.

Doctors face orders to 'kill on demand'

Isn't Montana seceding? If so, why should I care?

[Emeraldmaiden]

According to the judge's written decision, the suit in question simply takes penalties away from doctors writing a prescription for the patient to take to commit suicide.

You can read all of the legal documents here:

Compassion & Choices

Note: Compassionate Choices is one of the plaintiffs in the case; I am only linking to their site because they have all of the documents in one place. They are PDF files.

[LuckyGem]

I think Dr. Kevorkian is available now.

[Miborn]

Originally Posted by LuckyGem

I think Dr. Kevorkian is available now.

I forget how many years he was in jail.

[Miborn]

Originally Posted by Emeraldmaiden

According to the judge's written decision, the suit in question simply takes penalties away from doctors writing a prescription for the patient to take to commit suicide.

You can read all of the legal documents here:

Compassion & Choices

Note: Compassionate Choices is one of the plaintiffs in the case; I am only linking to their site because they have all of the documents in one place. They are PDF files.

Thanks for the link.