onniec

[onniec3]

Is it within my legal rights as a patient to ASK a doctor to give me a lethal injection? Not that he/she has the legal ability to perform this procedure, but can I ASK?

[Judge]

Itislegalto ask your doc, In MA, to give you a lethal injection.

[kellarlln]

don't know if you still need this but I'll post for others with similar questions.

Patients Rights Council
Patients Rights Council
Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts falls under Common law: based on principles, customs and case law, rather than on a specific statute.

Patients Rights Council: State Laws
Assisted Suicide Laws in the United States | Patients Rights Council

Death with Dignity Introduced in the Massachusetts State House
by Peg Sandeen, MSW on January 20, 2012
The road to the November 2012 ballot in Massachusetts is a particularly winding one, and I checked in with Dignity 2012 to learn more about where they're at in the process and what challenges are ahead. I learned Massachusetts has an indirect initiative process, so after gathering the requisite number of signatures, the initiative goes to the Massachusetts legislature.

Dignity 2012 cleared the biggest hurdle in the process at the end of 2011, gathering 84,713 signatures, of which 79,626 were qualified and certified. All initiatives in the Commonwealth originate in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for their journey through the State House. The initiative was introduced as H.3884 and assigned to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.

All Things Medical
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