The Right to Die, Third Edition analyzes the statutory and case law surrounding the profound issues of end-of-life decision-making. Whether the situation calls for long-term planning or quick, unexpected decision making, this cogent treatise guides you through all the available channels for helping your clients reach the ultimate resolution. This comprehensive edition guides general practitioners, elder law, health law, and health care professionals through complex issues pertaining to passive and active hastening of death and such subsequent statutes as The Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Also covered in the Third Edition are such issues as: civil and criminal liability for such efforts - do-not-resuscitate orders - advance directives - health care powers of attorney - palliative medical care - decision-making for children and newborns - surrogate decision-making statutes - resolution in a clinical versus a court setting - and much more.