Issues in Law & Medicine articles from December 1998

Issues in Law & Medicine archives from December 1998

Physician-assisted suicide: reflections on Oregon's first case.
December 22, 1998... In November 1997, Oregon became the only state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.(1) Five months later, a task force of health care professionals organized by the Center for Ethics of the Oregon Health Sciences University ("OHSU") issued a...

Assisted suicide: a disability perspective.
December 22, 1998... National Council on Disability(*) Physician-assisted suicide and related issues have garnered much judicial, media, and scholarly attention in recent months. Well-publicized instances of legal prosecutions of medical practitioners, such as...

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in the Netherlands: a report to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.
December 22, 1998... Executive Summary This report examines legal developments and policy arguments in the Netherlands which, in the past 23 years, have led from toleration of the practice of physician-assisted suicide for physically-suffering, terminally-ill,...

The Oregon Death with Dignity Act.(includes text of statute)
December 22, 1998... 127.800. s 1.01. Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in ORS 127.800 to 127.897, shall have the following meanings: (1) "Adult" means an individual who is 18 years of age or older. (2) "Attending physician"...