Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of the passage of policies that regulate physician assisted suicide in Oregon and the Netherlands. In the case of Oregon, data was collected from the Oregon State Health Department and was used to identify the number of participants, demographics, and number of deaths as a result of physician assisted suicide. In the case of the Netherlands, data was collected from a Dutch online publication known as Statline and supplementary information was gathered from an evaluation titled “Law Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide”, which was done with the assistance of the Central Bureau of Statistics in Voorburg. The results in Oregon depict that there has not been a negative impact of the policy that regulates physician assisted suicide. Furthermore, in Oregon there has been a steady growth in the popularity of the practice. In the Netherlands the results illustrate that even though there has been a decline in the practice, it is not as a result of the policy having a negative impact on the practice but rather other factors.
Faculty Sponsors
Eric Mason, Ph.D.
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-10-2015 1:00 PM
End Date
4-10-2015 5:30 PM
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Alvin Sherman Library
The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of the passage of policies that regulate physician assisted suicide in Oregon and the Netherlands. In the case of Oregon, data was collected from the Oregon State Health Department and was used to identify the number of participants, demographics, and number of deaths as a result of physician assisted suicide. In the case of the Netherlands, data was collected from a Dutch online publication known as Statline and supplementary information was gathered from an evaluation titled “Law Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide”, which was done with the assistance of the Central Bureau of Statistics in Voorburg. The results in Oregon depict that there has not been a negative impact of the policy that regulates physician assisted suicide. Furthermore, in Oregon there has been a steady growth in the popularity of the practice. In the Netherlands the results illustrate that even though there has been a decline in the practice, it is not as a result of the policy having a negative impact on the practice but rather other factors.
