Dr Tom Preston wrote the following article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
The Oregon Death with Dignity Act has worked nearly perfectly for more than eight years, giving peaceful dying to 246 patients and backup security to thousands more, with no evidence of misuse of the law.
Sad to say, unfounded fears and old taboos have kept Washington [state] from doing as well for its citizens.
* Read the full article at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/268779_dying03.html
