David Orentlicher and Lois Snyder | Can Assisted Suicide Be

David Orentlicher and Lois Snyder | Can Assisted Suicide Be Regulated?
Orentlicher and Snyder present arguments for and against the regulation of assisted suicide, demonstrating both the benefits and drawbacks of attempts to legally and ethically define such concepts as "competent adult," "terminal illness," and the distinction between active euthanasia and the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments. They conclude with the argument that prohibitive laws would fail to stop assisted suicide in actual practice.
-According to Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, to obtain a prescription from a physician for medication to end his or her life, a patient must be

A) suffering from depression.
B) a competent adult.
C) within six months of death.
D) both b and c