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Adapted from VES –The Voluntary Euthanasia Society of England and Wales
Adapted from VES –The Voluntary Euthanasia Society of England and Wales
Ira R. Byock, American Journal Hospice & Palliative Care, March/April 1995.
The following article from THE AGE (Melbourne) March 7, 2001 was forwarded by the DELIVERANCE NEWS SERVICE.
Chloe Saltau with Theresa Ambrose
Fenn and Ganzini, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, June 1999.
THE OREGONIAN (Sunday, February 18, 2001)
By Erin Hoover Barnett of The Oregonian staff
Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act influences end-of-life care
across the state as doctors wrestle with prescribing
pain treatment
Sixteen people died by physician-assisted suicide in 1998 and another 27 in 1999. And when the Oregon Health Division releases its third annual report on the practice Wednesday, little if any growth is expected in the number of cases, say experts outside the health division.
The number of reported incidents of euthanasia has dropped by 15 percent during the past four years, but it is suspected the actual “mercy killing” figure is double the amount of recorded cases.