PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

This paper takes up the question of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) i n Alzheimer's disease (AD), reviewing arguments for and against in a b road interdisciplinary context. Preemptive PAS-AD involving competent patients raises the further question of AD-euthanasia. The author conc ludes, after thorough assessment of the literature, that caution in mo ving toward AD-PAS is necessary. However, where PAS is legalized, it m ay be difficult to justify precluding people with AD from access.