Abstract
Legalization of assisted suicide in Oregon ushered in a new approach to evaluating suicidal patients with serious medical illnesses. Two competing paradigms—the traditional model (1–4) and the assisted suicide competency model (5)—now exist. This report compares the traditional approach to evaluating and treating suicidal symptoms with the assisted suicide competency model delineated in an assisted suicide guidebook used in Oregon (5), the only state where such a practice is legal.
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