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Decriminalising Physician-assisted Suicide in Singapore

Toh Puay San & Stanley Yeo

(2010) 22 SAcLJ 379

Abstract:
This article evaluates the primary reasons for and against the decriminalisation of physician-assisted suicide of terminally-ill patients. It contends that the benefits of decriminalisation outweigh the harms, and sets out to formulate legislation for adoption in Singapore based on the best features of the regulatory models devised by the Netherlands, Oregon and the Northern Territory of Australia.