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Why I Changed My Mind About Physician-Assisted Suicide

How Stanford University Made a Radical Out of Me

Rhoda Olkin

Alliont International University

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.

Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, 68-71 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/10442073050160011101
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