Angela Morrow, RN, CHPN, a registered nurse at Hospice Austin, in an Aug. 29, 2017 article, "Reasons for Seeking Physician-Assisted Suicide," available at verywell.com, stated:
“Physician-assisted suicide is legal in five states as of 2017: Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Vermont, and California. It has been legal in Oregon since 1997 and the Oregon Health Authority produces a yearly report on PAS.
The reasons patients gave when requesting PAS in Oregon has been consistent in reports for 20 years:
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- 90 percent reported a decreasing ability to participate in activities that made life enjoyable
- 90 percent reported loss of autonomy
- 65 percent reported loss of dignity.”