Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective
Position Paper
National Council on Disability
March 24, 1997
Marca Bristo, Chairperson
Written for the National Council on Disability by Professor Robert L. Burgdorf Jr., University of the District of Columbia School of Law
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
I. INTRODUCTION
II. COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUES
III. THE CASES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE SUPREME COURT
IV. PERSPECTIVES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
A. A Split of Opinion?
B. Insights from the Disability Experience
1. The Paramount Issue -- Rights, Services, and Options
2. The Reality and Prevalence of Discrimination
3. Deprivation of Choices and the Importance of Self-Determination
4. Others' Underestimation of Life Quality
5. Fallibility of Medical Predictions
6. Eschewing the Medical Model of Disabilities
7. The Impact of Onset of Disability Upon Emotional State and Decision-Making
8. The......
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