…ll Oregon and medical practice would suffer, but the opposite occurred: End-of-life care is robust, thriving and increasingly patient-centered in Oregon.” Others cite evidence and studies that contradict this claim. (See, e.g., Hendin and Foley, Physician Assisted Suicide in Oregon, Mich Law Rev June 2008[3].) More importantly, in terms of state health care policy, the disability community has always been concerned about the fact that assisted s…
…ed and that he played an integral role in the deaths, including giving step-by-step instructions. Evidence showed that Melchert-Dinkel sought out depressed people online. When he found them, he posed as a suicidal female nurse, feigned compassion and offered instructions on how they could kill themselves. Melchert-Dinkel told police he did it for the “thrill of the chase.” According to court documents, he acknowledged participating in online chats…
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…16)https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-addiction-is-a-huge-problem-but-pain-prescriptions-are-not-the-cause/ [4] Michael A, Yokell, et al., Presentation of Prescription and Nonprescription Opioid Overdoses to US Emergency Departments (Jama Intern Med, Dec 2014)https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1918924 [5] McCarberg BH, et al., The impact of pain on quality of life and the unmet needs of pain…
…6) https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/opioid-addiction-is-a-huge-problem-but-pain-prescriptions-are-not-the-cause/ [4] Michael A, Yokell, et al., Presentation of Prescription and Nonprescription Opioid Overdoses to US Emergency Departments (Jama Intern Med, Dec 2014) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1918924 [5] McCarberg BH, et al., The impact of pain on quality of life and the unmet needs of pain…
