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Physicians for Compassionate Care Analyzes Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law: The "Medical Killing" of Vulnerable Patients Continues.
Twelve years ago, Oregon voters legalized the practice of doctor-assisted suicide. Assisted suicide does nothing to improve health care at end of life. What the law actually does is protect doctors from peer review and from prosecution for medical killing. The Oregon Assisted Suicide law also limits patients' and families' ability to have the proper recourse in the case of malpractice.
Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation (PCCEF) continues to express, on behalf of all its members, profound grief for those vulnerable individuals frightened into committing assisted suicide. We note the degradation of patient trust and the negative impact on the patient-physician relationships and role of the medical profession in our state.
As in the past, this year's report released today [March 9] by the Oregon Department of Human Services contains several areas of concern.
Only 2 patients of the 38 Oregonians who were "assisted" in 2005 had a referral for psychiatric evaluation. Suicidal ideation is a symptom of depression, and this raises concern that depressed patients are being medically ...
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