Sentence examples for competent to request from inspiring English sources

The Dutch patients' organization N.P.V., a Christian group with 66,000 members, strongly criticizes the current application of the law, saying the practice of euthanasia has been extended to encompass patients with dementia and other conditions who may not by definition be competent to request help in dying.

The only exception is when a person's life is so degraded as to call into question her rational nature, albeit he thinks it unlikely that anyone in that position will remain competent to request assistance with dying.

The Washington law, modeled closely on the measure enacted in Oregon in 1997, gives terminally ill patients determined to be within six months of death and mentally competent the right to request a lethal dose of barbiturates from a doctor.

In 1997, Oregon became the first state to implement a law that allowed mentally competent, terminally ill patients to request lethal medications from their physicians; Washington and Montana have followed suit.

According to Pope John Paul II's Address to the Roman Rota on 22 January 1996, couples do not have a right to an annulment, but do have a right to make their case for nullity or validity before "the competent Church authority and to request a decision in the matter".

For now, if I really need help, I'm going to request a competent intern.

The proposed law would safeguard against anyone other than a terminally ill, mentally competent adult from being able to request an assisted death.

As Peggy described it to me, what's keeping Brooke alive now are medical treatments, and a competent patient has the right to request the withdrawal of medical treatment whenever he wants.

Even within an assessment framework emphasising cognitive elements of mental capacity, depression may have a significant bearing in terms of their ability to use and weigh the relevant information, but how far this might be tolerated and the patient still be found competent to make the decision to request assisted suicide remains unclear.

2. Appeal bodies shall have the power to request relevant information from competent authorities, undertakings and any third party involved within the Member State concerned.

(9a) When the information to be disclosed could be considered commercially sensitive information by the undertaking, the latter should be able to request authorisation from the competent authority where it is established not to disclose the full extent of information.