Who Favors Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide? The Vote on Michigan's Proposal B.
At the November 1998 general election, Michigan citizens were given the opportunity to vote on Proposal B, an initiative that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS). PAS initiatives also have been held in Washington State, California, Oregon, and Maine, with only Oregon's passing. We...
| Publicado en: | Politics & the Life Sciences Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 155 - 164 |
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Association for Politics & the Life Sciences
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