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- Title
Maine's New Death with Dignity Rules Go Into Effect.
- Abstract
The article reports that state legislators in Maine have developed the Death with Dignity Act which became effective on September 19, 2019 and mentions that the act provides qualified patients options to make decision regarding care at the end of life. Topics discussed include law allowing patients to request and obtain prescriptions for medications from physicians, medical record documentation requirements and report by another health care provider to the appropriate licensing board.
- Subjects
RIGHT to die laws; ASSISTED suicide; MEDICAL prescriptions; PHYSICIANS; MEDICAL records
- Publication
Journal of Medical Regulation, 2019, Vol 105, Issue 4, p28
- ISSN
2572-1801
- Publication type
Article