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PHYSICIANS FOR MERCY
APPROVED GUIDELINES FOR PATHOLYSIS
(MEDICALLY-ASSISTED SUICIDE)
1. THE REQUEST FOR PATHOLYSIS MUST BE MADE
VOLUNTARILY BY THE PATIENT.
2. THE REQUEST MUST BE IN WRITING, DATED, AND
SIGNED BY THE PATIENT AND BY ANY PHYSICIAN
INVOLVED IN THE REQUEST, AS WELL AS SIGNED BY
TWO COMPETENT ADULTS AS WITNESSES HAVING NO
FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT AND NO
FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE PATIENT'S LIFE OR DEATH.
THE SIGNATURES OF THE WITNESSES MUST BE
NOTARIZED.
3. THE REQUEST THUS VALIDATED IS TO BE
FORWARDED TO A QUALIFIED OBITIATRIST WHO WILL
REFER THE PATIENT FOR MEDICAL CONSULTATION TO:
- A SPECIALIST DEALING WITH THE PATIENT'S SPECIFIC
AFFLICTION
- A SPECIALIST IN PAIN MANAGEMENT (IF PAIN IS A
MAJOR FACTOR)
- A PSYCHIATRIST (IN EVERY CASE)
4. THE ABOVE CONSULTATIONS MUST VERIFY THE
PATIENT'S MENTAL COMPETENCE WITH REGARD TO
MAKING AN INDEPENDENT INFORMED DECISION, AND
VERIFY THAT THE AFFLICTION IS INCURABLE, THAT THE
AGONY CANNOT BE RELIEVED OR CONTROLLED,
AND/OR THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF PAIN
MANAGEMENT OR MEDICAL THERAPY ARE
INTOLERABLE FOR THE PATIENT.
5. COMPLETED REPORTS OF ALL CONSULTATIONS MUST
CONFORM TO CURRENT MEDICAL STANDARDS. THE
REPORTS ARE TO BE SENT TO THE OBITIATRIST, OR
WITH THE REQUESTING PHYSICIAN, OR WITH ANOTHER
PHYSICIAN DESIGNATED BY THE PATIENT.
6. THE TIME AND SITE OF THE FINAL PATHOLYTIC
PROCEDURE ARE TO BE DECIDED SOLELY BY THE
PATIENT. THIS DECISION MUST BE MADE WITHIN THREE
WEEKS AFTER REVIEW OF THE CONSULTATION
REPORTS; THE DECISION MUST BE DOCUMENTED AS AN
INFORMED CONSENT IN WRITING, DATED, TIMED, AND
SIGNED BY THE PATIENT UNDER CONDITIONS SET
FORTH IN PARAGRAPH TWO (2) ABOVE.
7. THE FINAL PATHOLYTIC PROCEDURE MUST BE
PERFORMED WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO (72) HOURS OF THE
TIME OF SIGNING OF THE INFORMED CONSENT, BUT NO
SOONER THAN TWENTY FOUR (24) HOURS FROM THE
DATE OF SUCH SIGNING.
8. THIS ENTIRE PROCESS FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST TO
THE FINAL PATHOLYTIC PROCEDURE SHALL BE
CONSTANTLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE PATIENT
WHO MAY STOP IT AT ANY TIME.
9. EVERY PHYSICIAN INVOLVED AT ANY TIME IN THE
ENTIRE PROCESS DELINEATED HEREIN (EXCEPT THE
OBITIATRIST) MAY BE PRESENT TO OBSERVE OR
CONSOLE, BUT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN
THE FINAL PROCEDURE OF PATHOLYSIS.
10. THE FINAL ACTION IS TO BE PERFORMED ONLY BY
AN OBITIATRIST AND THERE WILL BE NO PROFESSIONAL
FEE FOR THE SERVICE.