…stract=1158077 [8] James Werth and “rational suicide”: http://books.google.com/books/about/Rational_Suicide.html?id=gMZU0cKqarAC [9] Sorlie, et al., Mortality in the uninsured compared with that in persons with public and private health insurance, Arch Intern Med. 1994;154(21):2409-2416. doi:10.1001/archinte.1994.00420210037005, http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=619594 [10] Medical futility and end-of-life care (AMA): http://w…

…OLST is being used with people who are not terminal. The one-year surprise question is unreliable, yet two state laws even extend POLST to those with a 5-year prognosis.[3] The California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform report that nursing facilities pressured all residents to have a POLST.[4] Yet people with non-terminal disabilities are forced into nursing facilities every day in this country due to the inability to secure appropriate home car…

…ght thing? Depressed people will be harmed by this bill. Oregonian Michael Freeland easily obtained a lethal prescription for his terminal diagnosis, despite a 43-year history of severe depression, suicide attempts, and paranoia. Fortunately, other doctors and counselors intervened to address his real needs and he died a natural death about two years later. When this story came to light, the prescribing doctor said he didn’t think a psychological…

…ght thing? Depressed people will be harmed by this bill. Oregonian Michael Freeland easily obtained a lethal prescription for his terminal diagnosis, despite a 43-year history of severe depression, suicide attempts, and paranoia. Fortunately, other doctors and counselors intervened to address his real needs and he died a natural death about two years later. When this story came to light, the prescribing doctor said he didn’t think a psychological…

…ps://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michigan-Law-Review.pdf [6]https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year22.pdf [7] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Oregon-DHS.pdf [8]https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year22.pdf [9]https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESE…