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There is a serious initiative in South Africa (S.A.) to legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and voluntary active euthanasia (VAE). In 1991, the S.A. Law Commission (the Commission) was requested to consider legislation regarding a “living will.” This is a statutory1 advisory body, appointed by the President, whose aim is the continuing renewal and improvement of South African law. It agreed to hear this request, but expanded its task to include the whole spectrum of end-of-life health-care decision-making issues, including physician-assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia.
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Landman, W.A. (2001). A Proposal for Legalizing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in South Africa. In: Kopelman, L.M., De Ville, K.A. (eds) Physician-Assisted Suicide: What are the Issues?. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9631-7_13
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