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The Oregon Report: Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Author(s) -
FOLEY KATHLEEN,
HENDIN HERBERT
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3528194
Subject(s) - assisted suicide , nothing , legislation , context (archaeology) , dignity , death with dignity , psychology , medicine , law , family medicine , psychiatry , political science , history , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology
The Oregon Health Division's report on assisted suicide under the state's new legislation does not provide enough data to support its reassuring conclusions. Especially glaring is the lack of data on the palliative care offered to patients who requested assisted suicide, on their financial situation, and on their emotional state.