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Assisted Death and the Law in 2026 | Episode 77
This year brought the biggest expansion of medical aid in dying since Oregon passed the first law in the 1990s. Delaware’s law took effect in January, New York’s in August, and Illinois’s in September. That brings the total to fourteen U.S. jurisdictions.
In this episode of Lexcura Clinical Insights, Michelle Carroll, Founder and Chief Clinical Strategist of Lexcura Summit, walks through what these laws actually allow and what they don’t. She covers who qualifies, why the request has to come from the patient and not a family member or an advance directive, and why the patient has to take the…
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