Preventing the Slide down the Slippery Slope from Assisted Suicide to Euthanasia While Protecting the Rights of People with Disabilities Who Are "Not Dead Yet.".

The authors comment on an article by Shavelson and colleagues about medical aid in dying. Topics discussed include the role of high-quality palliative and hospice care in chronic illness and during the dying process, proposed use of assistive technologies rather than amending existing laws to allow human-assisted administration, and things that need to be done to foster the rights and care of individuals with disabilities at the end of life.