So far so Good: Observations on the First Year of Oregon's Death With Dignity Act - Centre for Suicide PreventionCentre for Suicide Prevention

Year: 2000 Source: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, v.6, no.2, (June 2000), p.291-304 SIEC No: 20011498

The United States Supreme Court recognized that states may serve as social laboratories for developing procedures permitting physician-assisted suicide. Oregon has served as the first such laboratory. First-year results suggest the feasibility of implementing a statutory right to physician-assisted suicide successfully in the USA, without abuse or negative incident. (33 notes)

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So far so Good: Observations on the First Year of Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act

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