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→Studies: Added section on the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.
Also, in Belgium a survey of deaths registered during the first four months of 1998 found that over 10% of deaths were due to euthanasia, including the use of drugs given by doctors to hasten death, "without the explicit request of the patient".<ref>BBC News. 11/24/2000, ''Doctors `help kill one in 10 Belgians''</ref>
Also, in Belgium a survey of deaths registered during the first four months of 1998 found that over 10% of deaths were due to euthanasia, including the use of drugs given by doctors to hasten death, "without the explicit request of the patient".<ref>BBC News. 11/24/2000, ''Doctors `help kill one in 10 Belgians''</ref>
Studies of the results of the [[Oregon]] [[Death With Dignity Act]] have shown much different results. In the ten years between the law's passage, in 1997, and the time of the retrospective study, 341 people chose to end their lives under the terms of the law. Under the law a physician can only write the prescription for the medication while the patient must actually take the medication.<ref>Aungst, H. (2008). 'Death with dignity'. Geriatrics, 63(12), 20-22</ref>
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