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To the Editor: The February 1 issue contained reports on attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. Bachman et al.¹ found that "most Michigan physicians prefer either the legalization of physician-assisted suicide or no law at all; fewer than one fifth prefer a complete ban on the practice." Lee et al.² found that "Oregon physicians have a more favorable attitude toward legalized physician-assisted suicide, are more willing to participate, and are currently participating in greater numbers than other surveyed groups of physicians in the United States."

. . . Popular opinion does not necessarily represent either a moral standard or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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