Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Death of the Inconvenient Other
Jonathan Penn, 11 Marq. Elder’s Advisor 165 (2009)
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While Switzerland has enlarged suicide tourism by legalizing physician-assisted suicide, the United States has not readily accepted physician-assisted suicide at the federal level. This article looks at end-of-life issues, focusing on physician-assisted suicide, and whether the federal government’s numerous responsibilities created by the Older Americans Act and other similar acts, the government’s financial limitations, and a growing elderly population will lead to a deterioration of society’s view of elders and a legitimization and acceptance of assisted suicide.
