@article {Mullens91, author = {A. Mullens}, title = {Oregon vote may mark watershed for right-to-die debate in Canada, US}, volume = {152}, number = {1}, pages = {91--92}, year = {1995}, publisher = {CMAJ}, abstract = {In November, Oregon became one of the first jurisdictions outside the Netherlands to allow physician-assisted suicide. Voters decided by a narrow 51\% to 49\% margin to pass a Death With Dignity Act, which allows terminally ill patients to receive a fatal prescription from a doctor after they meet several criteria. Observers note that the act{\textquoteright}s scope is narrow and that it would not have aided Sue Rodriguez, the British Columbia patient who went to court in an attempt to win the right to assisted suicide.}, issn = {0820-3946}, URL = {https://www.cmaj.ca/content/152/1/91}, eprint = {https://www.cmaj.ca/content}, journal = {CMAJ} }