The implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Reassuring, but more data are needed.
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The implementation of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: reassuring, but more data are needed.
Undoubtedly, empirical data from Oregon will play a key role for academics, legislators, judges, and the public as debate over the legalization of physician-assisted suicide continues. A central issue in the debate is whether a right to assisted suicide can be limited to only the truly compelling cases, or whether it will in practice be provided to patients who choose it out of depression, coer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1076-8971
DOI: 10.1037//1076-8971.6.2.489