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Physicians and P-AS: Some Things Just Don’t Go Together
February 17, 2011 • Posted in Blog
In January, Oregon released their data from 2010 regarding the so-called “Death with Dignity Act.” The number of people opting for “physician-assisted suicide” (P-AS) has steadily increased since its inception in 1998. That year, twenty-three persons asked for and received prescriptions for life-ending medications. Fifteen of those died from the lethal dose of medication; six died from their illnesses, and two survived at least into 1999. Last year, a total of 65 people died through P-AS in Oregon. At least, that was the report as of 7 January 2011. The data set ...read more
