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To the Editor: The February 24 issue of the Journal includes three reports and an editorial on physician-assisted suicide.^1,2,3,4 Ganzini et al.¹ and Sullivan et al.² describe the experience with physician-assisted suicide in Oregon in 1998 and 1999; neither group reports any complications or problems. In contrast, Groenewoud et al.³ report that there were problems in approximately 30 percent of cases of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands. In his editorial, Dr. Nuland⁴ concludes, "The Dutch findings seem more credible." He expresses the hope that physicians in Oregon will develop "a greater willingness to report untoward events."

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