US State of Oregon

According to the study by Chin et al. 1999, in the first year after the Death with Dignity Act came into force 23 people applied for and received a lethal drug. Fifteen of them died after having taken the drug, six died of their diseases and two were still alive when the study commenced.

Chin, Arthur E. / Hedberg, Katrina / Higginson, Grant K. / Fleming, David W. (1999): Legalized physician-assisted suicide in Oregon - The first year's experience. In: The New England Journal of Medicine 340 (7): 577-583. 

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act Annual Reports Online Version

Information on "The Oregon Death with Dignity Act" Online Version

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