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.
-When assisted suicide is___________, according to Orentlicher and Snyder, patients will turn to physicians who fail to follow regulatory safeguards.

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When assisted suicide is illegal, patients may seek out physicians who do not adhere to regulatory safeguards, as prohibitive laws are unlikely to stop the practice entirely.