Worries about the future cited as a top reason for patients requesting physician-assisted suicide

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 10:50 in Health & Medicine

Oregon patients who request physician aid in dying under Oregon's Death With Dignity Act often rate concerns about future illness symptoms as a leading motivator. The findings are the result of an Oregon Health and Science University study published in the 9 March edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine...

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