California Law on End-of-Life Care Options a First

A law that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed last month will make California the first state in the nation to require physicians to give information about end-of-life care to terminally ill patients who ask for the information.  The California Medical Association supported the measure.

• "The Right To Know, Then To Say 'No'" (Gross, "The New Old Age," New York Times, 10/21).