Observations on the first year of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act [0.03%]
俄勒冈州 euthasia 法案实行第一年的情况报告
B Coombs Lee,J L Werth
B Coombs Lee
Using data from the files of Compassion in Dying, we describe 34 individuals who approached Compassion wanting to use the Death with Dignity Act and who died during the first year of the Act's implementation. Of these 34, 10 died using medi...
So far so good: observations on the first year of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act [0.03%]
顺风顺水:俄勒冈州尊严死亡法案实施第一年的观察报告
A I Batavia
A I Batavia
The 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 impleme...
D W Brock
D W Brock
This article addresses 2 prominent sources of opposition to physician-assisted suicide (PAS): first, the fear of abuse and, second, common moral distinctions drawn between PAS and other forms of end-of-life decisions and care. Each is groun...
P Illingworth,H Bursztajn
P Illingworth
The observations made of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act are reassuring to the extent that they accurately state that patients who seek relief under the Act view it as a mechanism to further their autonomy. But, given the nature of social d...
A Jackson
A Jackson
Physician-assisted suicide has been incorporated into the end-of-life care continuum responsibility in Oregon. Because systems for end-of-life care were well established before the implementation of the Death with Dignity Act, potential pro...
Forced administration of sex-drive reducing medications to sex offenders: treatment or punishment? [0.03%]
对施虐者强制使用降低性欲的药物:治疗还是惩罚?
Robert D Miller
Robert D Miller
D L Thomas,J M Watson
D L Thomas
Using advance directives to preconsent to mental health treatment is a promising approach to contending with the quandary posed by patients suffering from severe mental health illness, particularly those in a prison setting. The implementat...