Op-Ed: Making the case: Allow the terminally ill to control their own death

April 5, 2007

The undersigned are physicians, attorneys and professors of philosophy who address issues of medical ethics in our work. Our field of interest is known as bioethics. We study, write, advise and teach on the ethics of various medical options at the end of life. We consider enabling a mentally competent, terminally ill patient to determine the circumstances of his or her imminent death to be ethically sound and write in support of the California Compassionate Choices Act, AB 374. (Capitol Weekly)