Physician-Assisted Suicide and Federalism

Authors

Brian H. Bix, University of Minnesota Law SchoolFollow

Publication

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

Volume

17

Page

53

Year

2003

Abstract

The article considers the application of general theories of federalism (e.g., states as laboratories and competitive federalism) to the issue of physician-assisted suicide. The article also uses the analogies of same-sex marriage and medical marijuana to explore some of the moral and policy issues raised by this intersection of medical ethics and federalism.

Comments

Originally published at 17 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 53 (2003). Reprinted with permission of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy.

Recommended Citation

Brian H. Bix, Physician-Assisted Suicide and Federalism, 17 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 53 (2003), available at https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/faculty_articles/315.