Showing posts with label Competency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Competency. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Someone Else Is Allowed to Speak (and Write) for the Patient

Yesterday, the Dakota Free Press ran an interesting article about the proposed initiated measure, which seeks to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in South Dakota.

The article, however, contains two errors. This is understandable given the measure's deceptive language.

The article says that nothing in the measure authorizes anyone to "speak" for the patient during the lethal dose request process and that "the patient herself must make every request."