Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act - Definition and Overview

The Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (1985, revised 1989), has been recommended as a Uniform Act in the United States, and subsequently been passed by many states. The law allows a person to declare a living will specifying that, if the situation arises, he or she does not wish to be kept alive through life support if terminally ill.

See also Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (1995) of Australia's Northern Territory, which legalized euthanasia in certain cases until it was nullified by the federal Parliament.

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