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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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Approximate Word Count: 4081
Approximate Pages: 17 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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