{"id":2868,"date":"2022-04-16T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2022-04-16T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T15:46:44","slug":"massachusetts-sjc-to-decide-assisted-suicide-case-of-kliger-v-healey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-to-decide-assisted-suicide-case-of-kliger-v-healey\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts SJC to decide assisted suicide case of Kliger v. Healey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patients that have received terminal diagnoses, such as cancer, frequently worry about end-of-life care and options. An option that is becoming permitted in states such as Oregon, Washington, Vermont, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Maine and New Jersey is physician assisted suicide or Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). Physicians and patients in Massachusetts are challenging their right to be able to use this practice as an option of end-of-life care in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-appellatecourts.org\/pdf\/SJC-13194\/SJC-13194_01_Appellant_Kligler_Brief.pdf\"><em>Kliger v. Healey<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>What are current options that terminally ill patients currently have?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The most common option the terminally ill have are to be administered strong narcotics that are provided to help with pain and suffering, but have side effects of deceased mental alertness, and are not always strong enough.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-to-decide-assisted-suicide-case-of-kliger-v-healey\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts SJC to decide assisted suicide case of Kliger v. 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