1. Bulleted points are quoted directly from the Seventh Annual Report on Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. March 10, 2005, p. 8.
2. Seventh Annual Report,op. cit.note 1, p. 8.
3. This consequence is cited by: D. Brock. 1992. Voluntary Active Euthanasia. Reprinted in W.H. Shaw, ed. 2005.Social and Personal Ethics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth: pp. 79-89. J. Gay-Williams. 1992. The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia. Reprinted in J. Olen et al. eds. 2003.Applying Ethics, 8thEdition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth: pp. 180-182. Y. Kamisar. 1958. Against Legalizing Euthanasia. Reprinted in L. Pojman, ed. 2000.Life and Death, 2ndEdition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth: pp. 176-183.
4. J. Arras. 1997. Physician Assisted Suicide: A Tragic View. Reprinted in B. Steinbock et al., eds. 2003.Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, 6thEdition. Boston: McGraw Hill: pp. 394-400. D. Callahan. 1992. When Self-Determination Runs Amok. Reprinted in R. Munson, ed. 1996.Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics, 5thEdition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth: pp. 175-180. See also S. Potts. 1988. Objections to the Institutionalization of Euthanasia. Reprinted in J.E. White, ed. 2003.Contemporary Moral Problems. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth: 218-221.
5. Arras,op. cit.note 4, p. 397.