FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 344:605-607 February 22, 2001 Number 8 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text PDF Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited PubMed Citation

To the Editor: In 1997, Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide.¹ In a follow-up to our previous reports,^2,3 we assessed whether the numbers and characteristics of patients who died after the ingestion of legally prescribed lethal medications in 2000 differed from those of patients who did so in 1998 and 1999.⁴ Patients who chose physician-assisted suicide were identified through required physician reporting of legally prescribed lethal medications. Data were obtained from these reports, interviews with physicians, and death certificates. We also compared patients who chose physician-assisted suicide in 2000 with a cohort assembled from 1999 death certificates of state residents who died . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• McPherson, C. J, Wilson, K. G, Murray, M. A. (2007). Feeling like a burden to others: a systematic review focusing on the end of life. Palliat Med 21: 115-128 [Abstract]  
• Chochinov, H. M. (2006). Dying, Dignity, and New Horizons in Palliative End-of-Life Care.. CA Cancer J Clin 56: 84-103 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Jansen-van der Weide, M. C., Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B. D., van der Wal, G. (2005). Granted, Undecided, Withdrawn, and Refused Requests for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Arch Intern Med 165: 1698-1704 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Mak, Y. Y. W., Elwyn, G. (2005). Voices of the terminally ill: uncovering the meaning of desire for euthanasia. Palliat Med 19: 343-350 [Abstract]  
• Bilsen, J., Bauwens, M., Bernheim, J., Stichele, R. V., Deliens, L. (2005). Physician-assisted death: attitudes and practices of community pharmacists in East Flanders, Belgium. Palliat Med 19: 151-157 [Abstract]  
• Quill, T. E. (2004). Dying and Decision Making -- Evolution of End-of-Life Options. NEJM 350: 2029-2032 [Full Text]  
• Meier, D. E., Emmons, C.-A., Litke, A., Wallenstein, S., Morrison, R. S. (2003). Characteristics of Patients Requesting and Receiving Physician-Assisted Death. Arch Intern Med 163: 1537-1542 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Mak, Y., Elwyn, G. (2003). Use of hermeneutic research in understanding the meaning of desire for euthanasia. Palliat Med 17: 395-402 [Abstract]  
• Batlle, J. C. (2003). Legal Status of Physician-Assisted Suicide. JAMA 289: 2279-2281 [Full Text]  
• Hedberg, K., Hopkins, D., Kohn, M. (2003). Five Years of Legal Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon. NEJM 348: 961-964 [Full Text]  
• Quill, T. E., Cassel, C. K. (2003). Professional Organizations' Position Statements on Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Case for Studied Neutrality. ANN INTERN MED 138: 208-211 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Polowetzky, D., Haley, W. E., McMillan, S. C., Schonwetter, R. S., Ganzini, L., Jackson, A., Goy, E. R. (2002). Nurses' and Social Workers' Experience with Patients Who Requested Assistance with Suicide. NEJM 347: 2082-2083 [Full Text]  
• Jennekens, F. G.I., Kater, L., Leeman, C. P., Druck, P., Veldink, J. H., van den Berg, L. H., van der Wal, G., Ganzini, L., Block, S. (2002). Physician-Assisted Death. NEJM 347: 1041-1043 [Full Text]  
• Ganzini, L., Harvath, T. A., Jackson, A., Goy, E. R., Miller, L. L., Delorit, M. A. (2002). Experiences of Oregon Nurses and Social Workers with Hospice Patients Who Requested Assistance with Suicide. NEJM 347: 582-588 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Ganzini, L., Block, S. (2002). Physician-Assisted Death -- A Last Resort?. NEJM 346: 1663-1665 [Full Text]  
• Lindsay, R. A. (2002). Should We Impose Quotas? Evaluating the "Disparate Impact" Argument Against Legalization of Assisted Suicide. J Law Med Ethics 30: 6-16  
• Coleman, C. H. (2002). The "Disparate Impact" Argument Reconsidered: Making Room for Justice in the Assisted Suicide Debate. J Law Med Ethics 30: 17-23  
• Hedberg, K., Hopkins, D., Southwick, K. (2002). Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon, 2001. NEJM 346: 450-452 [Full Text]  
• Steinbrook, R. (2002). Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon -- An Uncertain Future. NEJM 346: 460-464 [Full Text]  
• Emanuel, E. J (2001). Euthanasia: where the Netherlands leads will the world follow?. BMJ 322: 1376-1377 [Full Text]