Views on Physician-Assisted Suicide Among Family Members of Oregon Cancer Patients
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Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon: a medical perspective.
This Article examines the Oregon Death with Dignity Act from a medical perspective. Drawing on case studies and information provided by doctors, families, and other care givers, it finds that seemingly reasonable safeguards for the care and protection of terminally ill patients written into the Oregon law are being circumvented. The problem lies primarily with the Oregon Public Health Division ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.04.004