My mother died two years ago. She was a devout Catholic and I believe would not have requested assisted suicide if it had been available in her state. I do not at all believe in substituting my own judgment for the individual who is in the situation.
As the citation shows (noted in my later comment), it seems that the effects of the Oregon law had a beneficial effect on the awareness and use by physicians of palliative care and referral to hospice. I wonder what evidence there is for the inevitable negative effects you fear, and whether, instead, it matters how the legalization of assisted suicide is institutionalized?
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Date: 2010-06-29 03:42 am (UTC)As the citation shows (noted in my later comment), it seems that the effects of the Oregon law had a beneficial effect on the awareness and use by physicians of palliative care and referral to hospice. I wonder what evidence there is for the inevitable negative effects you fear, and whether, instead, it matters how the legalization of assisted suicide is institutionalized?