So far so good - Observations on the first year of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act

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Batavia, AI [1 ]
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[1] Florida Int Univ, Coll Hlth & Urban Affairs, Sch Policy & Managment, Hlth Serv Adm Program, Miami Beach, FL 33140 USA
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10.1037//1076-8971.6.2.291
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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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 implementing a statutory right to physician-assisted suicide successfully in this country, without abuse or negative incident.
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