{"id":8272,"date":"2018-04-08T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8272"},"modified":"2018-04-09T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T18:01:30","slug":"hawaii-legalizes-assisted-suicide-refusing-to-refer-for-suicide-may-incur-legal-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8272","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii legalizes assisted suicide: Refusing to refer for suicide may incur legal liability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Murphy*<\/a><\/p>\n

Assisted suicide will become legal in Hawaii on 1 January, 2019, as a result of the passage of the Our Care, Our Choice Act<\/em>. Introduced in the state House of Representatives only in January, it passed both the House and Senate and was approved by Governor David Ige on 5 April. Beginning next year, physicians will be able to write prescriptions for lethal medications for Hawaiian residents who are capable of informed consent, who are at least 18 years old, and who have been diagnosed with a terminal, incurable disease expected to result in death within six months.1<\/a><\/p>\n

And beginning next year, Hawaiian physicians who refuse to facilitate assisted suicide by referring patients to a willing colleague may face discipline \u2014 including expulsion from the medical profession \u2014 or other legal liabilities. Hawaii could become one of only two jurisdictions in the world where willingness to refer patients for suicide is a condition for practising medicine.2<\/a>\u00a0. . . [Full text<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sean Murphy* Assisted suicide will become legal in Hawaii on 1 January, 2019, as a result of the passage of the Our Care, Our Choice Act. Introduced in the state House of Representatives only in January, it passed both the House and Senate and was approved by Governor David Ige on 5 April. 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