Abstract
As Ms. Rosen’s Note explains in further detail, the use of supported decision-making creates an opportunity for persons with cognitive impairments to participate more fully in their end-of-life care. While this Comment focuses on the legal requirement for healthcare providers to serve people with cognitive impairments at the end of life, the tenets of patient autonomy, self-determination, and the dignity of risk must be integrated into end-of-life practice to provide guidance where legal requirements are absent or ambiguous. The use of the supported decision-making model in end-of-life care will only succeed when healthcare providers participate in an open-minded manner. It is only through this type of engagement that we empower individuals with cognitive disabilities to participate fully in their own end of life journey.
Recommended Citation
Amitai Heller, Comment: Further Consideration on the Relationship Between the Americans with Disabilities Act, Supported Decision-Making, and Medical Aid in Dying, 80 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 617 (2023).Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol80/iss1/13