TY - JOUR
T1 - Life insurance, living benefits, and physician-assisted death
AU - Parker, Frederick R.
AU - Rubin, Harvey W.
AU - Winslade, William J.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - One of the most significant concerns about the legalization of physician-assisted death in the United States relates to the possibility that a chronically or terminally ill person would choose to end her or his life for financial reasons. Because we believe that the life insurance industry is uniquely poised to help minimize any such incentive, we submit that it has a moral obligation to do so. In particular, we propose that the industry encourage greater flexibility in the payout of policy benefits in the event an insured should be diagnosed with a terminal illness or suffer from intractable pain.
AB - One of the most significant concerns about the legalization of physician-assisted death in the United States relates to the possibility that a chronically or terminally ill person would choose to end her or his life for financial reasons. Because we believe that the life insurance industry is uniquely poised to help minimize any such incentive, we submit that it has a moral obligation to do so. In particular, we propose that the industry encourage greater flexibility in the payout of policy benefits in the event an insured should be diagnosed with a terminal illness or suffer from intractable pain.
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U2 - 10.1002/bsl.614
DO - 10.1002/bsl.614
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15378591
AN - SCOPUS:6344293533
SN - 0735-3936
VL - 22
SP - 615
EP - 626
JO - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
JF - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
IS - 5
ER -