title: The first year of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act: responses to the commentators.
abstract: This reaction article begins by differentiating the authors' data from the official Oregon Health Division Report on the Death with Dignity Act and then provides comments in response to each of the authors/teams who analyzed the original article. The authors use this opportunity to clear up some apparent misunderstandings, to highlight commonalities, and to emphasize a few fundamental differences of opinion.
authors.affiliation: Compassion in Dying Federation, 6312 SW Capitol Highway #415, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. BCoombsLee@aol.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coombs Lee
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Werth
mesh_terms: D036262:Empirical Research; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D009922:Oregon; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019452:Terminally Ill