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Oregon
Oregon releases murky assisted suicide stats
Michael Cook | 28 March 2012
Oregon’s public health division has released statistics on deaths under its physician-assisted suicide (PAS)legislation for 2011.
Euthanasia doco wins prestigious award
Michael Cook | 01 February 2011
“How to Die in Oregon,” an film about the impact of Oregon’s 1994 Death With Dignity Act, has won the prestigious Grand Jury Prize in the US Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
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