Can patients be coerced to request the law by unethical or over-burdened care givers or family members?
No. The law specifically requires that if there is any evidence of coercion, the process is immediately stopped. Moreover, physicians who work regularly and closely with terminally ill patients ensure that the law’s second physician’s opinion requirement alone ensures against coercion. Further, the State of Oregon reports of no evidence of coercion since the law’s enactment.
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