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Medical Aid in Dying for ALS: Navigating complexities from prognosis to ingestion.

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If a patient with ALS is not able to swallow aid-in-dying medications, they can legally and effectively self-administer these medications by which of the following routes:*
- Sublingual
- Intravenous
- Subcutaneous
- Rectal
Throughout the course of the illness, patients with ALS often lose all of the following abilities EXCEPT:*
- Swallowing
- Walking
- Gastrointestinal absorption
- Breathing
Roughly what percent of people with ALS talk with their physician about aid in dying:*
- 75%
- 50%
- 20%
- 2%
- 0.01%
A court case has been brought challenging the compliance of California’s aid-in-dying law with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because of the requirement that patients who obtain aid-in-dying medications:*
- Have a prognosis of 6 months or less
- Can self-administer aid-in-dying medications without assistance
- Have cognitive capacity to make the decision to pursue aid in dying
- Enroll in hospice prior to taking aid-in-dying medications

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Name*
First Last
Degree*
Email*
Date*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
If a patient with ALS is not able to swallow aid-in-dying medications, they can legally and effectively self-administer these medications by which of the following routes:*
- Sublingual
- Intravenous
- Subcutaneous
- Rectal
Throughout the course of the illness, patients with ALS often lose all of the following abilities EXCEPT:*
- Swallowing
- Walking
- Gastrointestinal absorption
- Breathing
Roughly what percent of people with ALS talk with their physician about aid in dying:*
- 75%
- 50%
- 20%
- 2%
- 0.01%
A court case has been brought challenging the compliance of California’s aid-in-dying law with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because of the requirement that patients who obtain aid-in-dying medications:*
- Have a prognosis of 6 months or less
- Can self-administer aid-in-dying medications without assistance
- Have cognitive capacity to make the decision to pursue aid in dying
- Enroll in hospice prior to taking aid-in-dying medications
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Medical Aid in Dying for ALS: Navigating complexities from prognosis to ingestion.

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Teaching and supporting best practices for the care of patients considering or completing medical aid in dying.