A patient's right to obtain medication that will be ineffective against his/her terminal illness and will cause his/her death should also encompass the right of that patient to be prescribed medication that might be ineffective and might cause his/her death. Indeed, the 'right to die' should embody the 'right to try' experimental agents for the treatment of cancer.
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Cohen-Kurzrock, B., Cohen, P. & Kurzrock, R. The right to try is embodied in the right to die. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 13, 399–400 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.73
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